UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

AT   LOS  ANGELES 


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EXISTENCE     AFTER     DEATH.        THE     SOUL     BEFORE 
SATAN      AND     LUCIFER,     OR     THE     MOD- 
ERNIZED    HADES. 


DISCUTRSE     OF     Ll'CIFER     ON      NATIONAL.     SOCIAL, 

RELIC  IOCS    AND    SCIENTIFIC    TOPICS,    PRIX 

cl  TALLY     ABOUT     THE     UXITED 

STATES     OF     AMERICA. 

•'WHAT    IS    WANTED    AT    PRESENT.'1 


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A    DREAM    OR    VISION 


EXISTENCE     AFTER     DEATH.       THE     SOUL     BEFORE 
SATAN     AND     LUCIFER,     OR     THE     MOD- 
ERNIZED    HADES. 


DISCOURSE     OF     LUCIFER     ON     NATIONAL,    SOCIAL, 
RELIGIOUS    AND    SCIENTIFIC    TOPICS,    PRIN- 
CIPALLY    ABOUT    THE     UNITED 
STATES     OF    AMERICA. 

"WHAT   IS   WANTED   AT    PRESENT." 


THE    PSYCOORA.!3!!: 

AN    INSTRUMENT    DESCRIBED,    AND    HOW    TO    COMMUNICATE 

WITH  THB  SPIRITS.      THE  FORCE  IS  ATTRIBUTED    TO 

THE  SOUL  OR  HUMAN  BEING  WHO  MANIPULATES 

THE  INSTRUMENT,  AND  NOT  THE  SPIRITS, 

AS  IS  GENERALLY  BELIEVED. 


THE    INDUCTION-COIL   AND     ITS    USES   IN    THE    RESUSCITATION   OF 

APPARENTLY  DEAD  PERSONS.     HOW  A  DEAD  MAN 

WAS  BROUGHT  BACK  TO  LIFE. 


SACRAMENTO: 
LEWIS  &  JOHNSTON,  PRINTERS,  410  J  STREET, 


COPYRIGHT    APPLIED    FOR. 


.PREFACE. 


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It  was  the  intention  of  the  author  of  this  work  to  bring  it  before 
the  public  at  a  much  earlier  date — it  being  finished  about  October 
1st,  1882 — but  owing  to  various  causes,  it  was  postponed  from  time 
to  time.  One  of  the  principal  reasons,  however,  was  the  moral 
courage  required  to  bring  such  a  work  forward  in  an  incomplete 
condition. 

The  writer  is  well  aware  of  the  deficiencies  the  reader  may  meet 
in  the  perusal  of  the  book,  and  the  reasons  of  this  defect  are  pointed 

en 

*-  out  on  the  last  page. 

a=  In  regard  to  Forestry,  in  which  the  writer  is  greatly  interested, 
g  it  has  been  proved  since  the  work  has  been  written  that  some 
— '  reliance  may  be  placed  in  the  assertions  made  about  the  Sacramento 
3  Valley. 

^  It  has  been  ascertained  that  the  late  great  inundations  along  the 
Rhine  in  Germany,  as  well  as  those  along  the  Ohio  in  our  own 
country,  had  their  origin  in  the  wholesale  destruction  of  the  forests, 
or  the  want  of  trees  at  distant  elevations. 

What  happened  there  will,  in  the  future,  take  place  on  a  larger 
scale  in  the  Sacramento  Valley,  if  no  hindrance  is  placed  before  the 
destroyers  of  forestry. 

The  ideas  entertained  as  to  what  will  occur  about  Lake  Tahoe  in 
the  future,  have  had  another  proof,  also,  in  one  of  those  electric 
storms,  when  the  waves  are  drawn  skyward  and  then  let  fall  sud- 
denly, to  dash  against  the  shore  and  carry  everything  before  them. 
As  the  trees  gradually  fall  before  the  destroyers,  so  will  these  storms 
increase  in  number  and  greater  force, 

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IV  PREFACE. 

Several  of  the  suggestions  made  in  the  book  are  now  being  carried 
out — one  being  the  adoption  of  new  devices  to  stop  railroad  trains, 
and  the  safer  methods  adopted  in  coupling  the  cars,  and  thereby 
lessening  the  loss  of  life.  The  railroad  companies  are  also  making 
an  effort  to  bring  suitable  emigrants  to  people  the  foothills,  all  of 
which  is  of  the  greatest  benefit  to  this  State. 

The  visional  part  of  the  book — or  rather,  the  part  the  Devil  plays 
with  Mankind — must  be  left  entirely  to  the  reasoning  power  of  the 
reader.  The  ideas  entertained  about  his  diabolical  highness  have 
gradually  changed,  for  it  must  be  obvious  to  most  persons  that  just 
in  ratio  as  you  make  the  so-called  devil  powerful,  so  must  the  great- 
ness of  the  Deity  be  diminished  Himself. 

It  is  hoped  the  reader  will  kindly  overlook  the  deficiencies  met 

with  in  the  book. 

THE    AUTHOR 
SACRAMENTO,  CALIFORNIA,  MAY  19,  1883. 


CONTENTS. 


The  Soul  Leaving  the  Body 1 

In  Presence  of  St.  Peter 3 

In  Presence  of  Satan 5 

The  Human  Devils 9 

The  Office  of  the  Devils 10 

The  Soul's  Treatment  on  its  Progression — The  Methods  Adopted 11 

Treatment  of  Inebriates 16 

Vice  and  Virtue  Harnessed  Together 18 

Views  About  Labor 19 

Hints  to  the  Wealthy  2tt 

Philosopher  and  Horse  Jockey 22 

Catholic,  Protestant  and  Jew 23 

Advancement 24 

Psychology 26 

Human  Body  Assuming  New  Form .' 27 

American  Politics 29 

Female  Suffrage 31 

Danger  to  the  Republic 32 

Coining  Nobility 34 

Great  Wealth  to  Benefit  the  Lower  Classes 35 

Strikes 37 

Treatment  of  Inebriates 38 

Effects  of  Treating 38 

A  Vision  of  Higher  Spirits 41 

Reasoning  Power  of  Animals 49 

Forestry 51 

Destruction  of  Trees  About  Lake  Tahoe 52 

Useful  Trees , 55 

School  of  Forestry 56 

Hydraulic  Mining 57 

The  Water  Used  for  Irrigation 59 

Security  of  Dams 61 

Sacramento  Valley — Its  Future 61 

The  Nation's  Debt  and  Taxes 63 

(Qualifications  of  Citizens  and  Candidates 64 

The  Jury  System 65 

Too  Much  Liberty  to  the  Youth 65 

Demoralizing  Literature 67 

Rational  Recreation  for  the  Young  People 68 

High  Pretensions  in  Morality  Tested 69 


VI  CONTEXTS. 

* 

Arbitration  in  Private  Life 70 

Reward  to  Wife  Whippers 71 

Grand  Weddings 72 

Grand  Funerals 73 

Adulterated  Food  and  Quack  Medicine 74 

Tests  for  Lead 75 

Baking  Powder 70 

Ladies'  Beautifiers 77 

Medicine  Adulteration 78 

Arsenic  to  Fatten  Cattle 78 

Fraud  Rejuvenators 79 

Impure  Ice 80 

Water  Added  to  Lard 81 

Coffee  Adulterants 82 

Sewage 82 

Laboring  Class  Safe  Investment 83 

Keeping  Sunday 83 

Opinion  About  Christianity 87 

Public  Land 89 

More  Security  on  Water  and  Land 89 

Railroads 90 

Government  Railroads  and  Telegraphs 91 

Safe  Building 92 

Sanitary  Matters 92 

Mob  Law 92 

Sentimentality 93 

American  Abroad 94 

Public  Schools 96 

Wanted 97 

Kindness  to  Animals 97 

Exercise 97 

Ventilation 98 

Drainage 98 

Foreign  Languages 99 

Naturalized  Citizens 99 

General  Intelligence 100 

Supervision  Over  Printed  Matter 101 

Suitable  Voting  Stations 103 

Shall  Women  Work? 103 

Psychic  Force 107 

Psychograph 109 

Harness  Nature 110 

The  Soul  Discovered Ill 

Retaliation  on  Wife  Whippers 112 

Return,  and  Musical  Birds 113 

Life  a  Puzzle— Do  Right 115 

Man  a  Slave  Still  to  His  Passions 116 

Rapid  Descent 117 

The  Soul  Returns  to  the  Body 117 

Induction  Coil — Its  Uses 118 

The  Torture 119 

Back  to  Life 121 

The  Deficiencies  of  the  Work . .  122 


RESUSCITATED. 


I  am  pursuing  a  mercantile  occupation  in  one  of  the  towns  of  the 
Sacramento  valley,  California,  and  on  the  eve  of  the  twenty -third  of 
Septembe^  1882,  I  retired  early  to  bed,  having  been  more  than 
usually  exercised  in  business,  from  early  morning  until  the  hour  of 
closing.  The  usual  hour  to  retire,  for  me,  is  about  eleven  p.  M., 
sometimes  later;  but  that  evening,  owing  to  great  fatigue,  or  a 
similar  feeling  that  overcame  me,  I  retired  at  nine  o'clock,  and  very 
soon  thereafter  an  unusual  drowsiness  overcame  me,  and  apparently 
I  was  asleep;  and  yet  all  about  me  in  the  room  appeared  to  be  in 
agitation,  as  if  the  furniture  and  bedroom  were  ascending.  The. 
feeling  experienced  was  similar  to  ascending  a  mining  shaft  or  a  rapid 
moving  elevator.  This  lasted  but  a  brief  space  of  time;  the  objects 
vanished,  and  I  alone  was  rising  upward  without  any  apparent  aid. 
It  was  like  being  drawn  forward  by  some  invisible  but  magnetic 
power,  drawing  me  constantly  towards  a  certain  direction,  as  a 
magnet  attracts  particles  of  metallic  iron. 

The  world  left  behind  me,  in  spite  of  night  and  darkness,  was 
transparent,  so  to  say,  before  me,  for  I  could  see  myself  reclining 
on  my  bed  in  the  room  I  then  had  occupied  in  my  house, 
and  to  all  outward  appearances  was  sleeping  soundly.  I  was 
thus  able  to  view  myself  at  an  immense  height,  without  any 
effort  to  make  use  of  my  optical  sense.  I  was  enabled  to  see 
in  every  direction  equally  as  well,  if  I  so  desired,  on  my  rapid 
rise  upward,  which  had  increased  to  much  greater  speed  than  at  the 
beginning. 

Then  the  world  below  began  to  grow  smaller;  other  lumi- 
nous bodies  became  larger  and  larger;  stars  became  like  moons; 
some  of  these  moons  assumed  gigantic  sizes  on  nearer  approach,  but 
these  were  left  right  and  left  below  me,  in  the  rapid  flight  upward 
which  then  had  acquired  a  velocity  difficult  to  describe.  First  a 
bright  light  appeared  above  me,  in  the  direction  towards  which  I 
was  so  persistently  attracted,  without  the  slightest  aid  of  myself. 
This  light,  first  only  seen  as  a  brilliant  star,  became  brighter  and 
brighter  on  approaching  nearer,  and  finally  shone  forth  or  assumed 
the  most  brilliant  colors  of  the  rainbow,  or  the  solar  spectrum  pro- 
duced by  the  aid  of  a  flint  glass  or  bisulphide  of  carbon  prism. 


2  RESUSCITATED. 

Then  the  light  appeared  to  be  divided  and  subdivided,  emanating 
from  millions  of  light-producing  objects,  through  which  was  visible 
a  central  core  or  nucleus  of  white  light,  most  brilliant  to  behold. 
Shortly  after,  I  could  make  out  that  the  millions  of  minor  lights 
issued  by  reflection  or  refraction  by  a  greater  light  from  millions  of 
windows  of  a  gigantic  building  or  palace.  Then  I  recognized  human 
looking  beings  rushing  upward  on  the  same  principle  and  speed  as 
myself,  all  going  in  one  direction,  as  if  attracted  towards  the 
light  or  palace  above.  Finally,  I  came  near  the  brightest 
light,  situated  far  above  on  a  tower,  too  high  ever  to  be  seen 
on  the  world  below  called  earth.  This  tower,  with  noble  and  artis- 
tic architecture,  of  which  men  in  our  world  have  no  conception,  was 
built  above  ©ne  of  the  gateways,  through  which  a  constant  stream 
of  human  looking  beings  ppured  into  a  large  court.  The  magnificence 
of  the  whole  surroundings  were  such  that  it  would  be  difficult  to 
describe,  nothing  being  equal  in  beauty  in  the  world  man  inhabits. 

I  mentioned  human  looking  beings  pouring  through  the  gates. 
They  seemed  to  be  of  human  aspect,  and  yet  some  great  change  must 
have  taken  place;  they  appeared  like  shadows,  almost  transparent, 
doing  things  without  any  effort,  as  if  muscles,  bones  and  sinews  were 
not  necessary.  The  palace  into  which  we  entered  was  of  such  size 
that  many  Londons  could  be  hidden  in  it,  and  its  beauty  was  so 
magnificent  that  the  revelations  of  St.  John,  "seeing  New  Jerusa- 
lem," were  but  a  faint  description  of  beauty  when  compared  with 
the  greatness  and  beauty  of  this  building.  This  only  refers  to  the 
exterior  part,  or  what  was  then  visible  of  the  inner  parts.  No  con- 
ception can  be  had  probably,  unless  permission  is  earned  to  view  it 
by  those  entitled  to  be  there.  From  the  court  a  stream  of  souls, 
from  all  nationalities  and  colors,  representatives  of  the  five  races — 
or  from  the  purest  blonde  Caucasian,  to  the  darkest  type  of  the 
African  negro  of  both  sexes — poured  into  an  inner  room,  or  large 
hall,  and  from  there,  in  groups  of  twelve,  they  entered  another  room, 
through  a  small  door.  Before  this  door  there  were  stationed  two 
guardians  in  most  elegant  livery,  one  on  either  side  of  the  entrance. 
They  were  of  pure  Caucasian  blood,  with  long,  yellow  hair  falling 
upon  their  shoulders.  They  possessed  the  anatomy  of  men,  and 
yet,  in  their  youthfulness,  seemed  more  related  to  the  opposite  sex 
than  the  stronger.  Although  like  human  beings,  there  was  still 
something  more  elevating  or  noble  about  them,  than  the  crowd  they 
were  surrounded  with.  Another  of  the  same  species  arranged  and 
regulated  the  groups  as  they  marched  through  the  small  door  of  the 
inner  room.  Only  when  brought  in  closer  proximity  did  those 
human-like  beings  show  their  greater  size,  and  more  perfect  stature 
and  physiognomy. 

In  spite  of  the  rapid  and  business-like  management  to  pass  group 
after  group  through  the  door  by  the  attending  officer,  it  took  quite 
a  time  before  my  time  came  to  enter  the  next  room.  In  being 
marched  through  the  door,  I  was  the  last  of  the  twelve  to  enter. 


IN    PRESENCE    OF    ST.    PETER.  3 

Only  two  persons,  or  officers,  were  present,  besides  the  new  comers, 
after  the  usher  had  left.  One  was  a  tall,  white  haired  and 
whiskered  old  gentleman,  talking  like  a  commander,  and  apparently 
the  principal;  the  other  was  a  much  younger  man,  and  represented 
the  subordinate.  Both  held  long  scrolls  of  parchment  in  their 
hands,  which  they  compared,  as  one  by  one  was  passed  through 
a  door/  The  names  were  given  when  asked,  and  then  the  scrolls  of 
parchment  were  consulted,  and  being  found  correct,  the  being  was 
transferred  beyond  the  door  by  the  attendant.  When  my  turn 
came,  as  the  twelfth  and  last,  the  old  gentleman  asked,  "'Your  name, 
sir1?"  to  which  I  answered,  Jones  Brown  Smith.  The  old  man 
looked  up  in  astonishment,  repeating  the  names,  and  adding,  "that's 
a  powerful  combination  you  carry  for  your  name;  it  must  be  a  per- 
fect safeguard  at  the  post  office  window  to  secure  all  your  letters 
without  being  previously  opened  by  another  member  of  the  great 
Smith  family.  We  find  the  representatives  of  the  Browns,  Jones, 
and  Smiths,  very  strong  here,  coming  from  England  and  the  coun- 
tries they  originally  settled,  but  never  have  I  found  them  thus 
united  before.  It  is  right  clever — right  clever,  indeed,"  he  repeated, 
and  then  searched  the  records  of  the  scroll  in  use,  and  after  some 
time,  requested  his  attendant,  also,  to  look  over  his  own,  but  there 
was  something  wrong  apparently.  After  repeated  searchings,  he 
said:  "It  is  very  strange,  but  your  name  cannot  be  found  on  the 
list  of  those  called  in,  so  there  must  be  some  unaccountable  mistake 
beyond  my  comprehension.  You  see,  here  they  come  first  when 
they  arrive,  and  pass  through  those  two  doors,  to  the  right  and  left, 
after  my  examination.  All  who  preceded  you  of  the  group  you 
entered  with,  have  gone  through  the  larger  door  to  the  left.  You 
will  notice  the  right  hand  door  is  very  small,  and  through  that  not 
one  in  ten  millions  is  found  in  proper  celestial  condition  to  enter; 
nearly  all  have  to  pass  to  the  other  side  of  this  extensive  palace, 
where  they  will  be  taken  in  charge  by  the  chief  of  that  establish- 
ment and  his  numerous  assistants,  as  refractory  and  rebellious  mate- 
rial, to  be  hammered  and  worked  into  proper  shape  and  form,  intel- 
lectually taken,  you  know."  . 

"This  Chief  is  known  below  as  one  who  goeth  about  like  the  British 
lion — beg  pardon,  I  meant  a  roaring  lion — seeking  whom  he  may 
devour.  Up  here  he  bears  a  better  name,  and  is  like  all  of  us,  but 
a  servant  to  the  Higher  Power,  who  has  willed  to  bring  your  kind 
to  a  higher  state  of  perfection  under  our  supervision,  since  so  very 
few  below  are  of  their  own  accord  in  a  proper  condition  to  be  ad- 
mitted through  that  little  door  there.  This  Chief,  therefore,  acts  in 
the  capacity  of  a  warden,  or  the  head  of  a  vast  reformatory;  and  I 
assure  you  he  understands  the  office  intrusted  to  him  exceedingly 
well,  unlike  your  officers  below,  who  often  have  but  little  capacity 
or  knowledge  of  the  office  they  occupy,  but  leave  it  in  the  hands 
of  the  subordinates  almost  entirely. 

"As  your  case  is  not  clear  to  me,  I  cannot  pass  you  through  the 
door  your  predecessors  went ;  my  advice  is,  therefore,  to  retrace 


4  RESUSCITATED. 

your  steps  out  of  this  part  of  the  palace  by  the  way  you  entered. 
When  outside,  pass  along  the  continuation  to  the  left,  or  bounding 
north.  That  part  is  not  illuminated  as  it  is  on  this  side  ;  neverthe- 
less, the  great  illumination  on  the  southern  part  aids  to  light  it  up 
sufficiently  for  all  purposes.  No  extra  lights  are  visiliie  except  at 
distant  intervals,  but  these  lights  are  not  of  the  brilliancy  they  pos- 
sess here.  Well,  Mr.  Smith,  when  you  arrive  at  the  first  entrance 
outside,  over  which  you  notice  one  of  those  lights,  you  enter,  and 
having  passed  the  portal  you  soon  will  be  met  by  an  official  who  will 
conduct  you  direct  to  the  governor  of  the  establishment,  who  is 
gifted  with  the  knowledge  why  you  are  before  us.  In  the  meantime 
au  revoir,  Mr.  Jones  Brown  Smith,  and  should  you  come  again  I 
will  assuredly  be  in  a  mental  condition  to  understand  how  to  pro- 
ceed with  you." 

He  bowed  and  shook  hands,  and  so  did  his  attendant,  and  I 
passed  out.  Some  delay  must  have  occurred  during  my  exam- 
ination, for  on  being  out  I  noticed  several  groups  drawn  up,  and 
some  waiting  impatiently  to  be  directed  to  their  proper  places. 
Some  astonishment  was  naturally  manifested  on  perceiving  me, 
an  ordinary  being  just  arrived  from  below,  leaving  the  intended  new 
abode;  but  I  passed  out,  and  took  the  direction  requested  to  take. 
The  part  directed  to  was  found  to  be  a  continuation  or  extension  of 
the  place,  a  sort  of  division  from  the  brighter  part.  The  architec- 
ture, judging  from  the  exterior,  was  less  artistic  and  noble  than  the 
other  part.  Yet,  when  comparing  it  with  edifices  below,  it  far  sur- 
passed them  in  beauty  of  design.  The  light  shed  over  it  at  the 
time  was  sufficient  to  notice  everything  of  note  quite  well.  This 
part  of  the  structure  extended  for  miles  and  miles,  north,  and 
appeared  the  largest  part  of  the  building.  It  seemed  sufficiently 
large  to  hold  ten  times  the  population  of  the  earth,  for  it  must  be 
remembered  that  I  passed  along  in  front  at  a  rate  of  speed  quite  diff- 
ere.nt  from  a  human  being.  I  had  traversed  at  least  forty  or  fifty 
miles  jn  front  of  the  building  in  a  short  space  of  time.  There  was  no 
physical  effort  in  my  progression — it  only  required  my  will-power 
to  propel  me  along.  The  attraction,  however,  I  formerly  experi- 
enced had  ceased.  I  went  along  quite  independent  of  it,  and  by 
my  own  acquired  or  mental  effort. 

The  progression  could  not  be  compared  to  flying  or  walking,  or 
any  locomotion  by  which  earth's  creatures  propel  themselves  for- 
ward. It  was  more  on  the  principle  of  a  balloon  traversing  the  air, 
excepting  that  with  me  it  required  only  a  foot  or  less  elevation 
from  the  ground,  as  I  rapidly  went  forward,  until  I  oarne  to  the 
first  entrance,  which  was  sparingly  illuminated  from  above.  A 
tower  was  built  over  the  entrance,  but  the  light  did  not  shine  forth 
from  a  high  elevation,  nor  was  the  tower  pretentious  in  appearance; 
it  rather  could  make  claims  to  solidity  and  great  strength,  being 
built  short  and  massive,  corresponding  however  with  the  size  of  the 
building  upon  which  it  was  reared.  I  passed  the  gate  and  had  pro- 


IN    PRESENCE    OP    SATAN.  J> 

ceeded  but  a  few  steps  when  I  was  met  by  a  tall,  well  formed  gen- 
tleman, just  of  the  age  when  manhood  has  acquired  its  greatest 
physical  strength.  This  man  was  plainly  but  neatly  attired,  and  his 
person  impressed  one  at  once  that  the  duty  assigned  to  him  would  be 
carried  out  to  the  letter,  after  it  was  intrusted  to  him. 

His  eyes  rested  on  me,  and  they  seemed  to  search  every  nook  and 
corner  of  the  soul  of  my  soul  before  him.  Such  eyes  had  never 
looked  upon  me  previously,  excepting  the  yellow  haired 
guards  and  attendants  of  the  first  station  visited,  who  had  similar 
organs  of  sight,  but  less  searching  and  penetrating  than  the  one 
before  me  then. 

For  form's  sake  he  inquired  my  wants;  but,  as  I  could  give  no 
definite  account  of  myself,  he  answered: 

"I  have  read  your  thoughts,  know  your  wants  and  the  reason  why 
you  visit  here;  but,  as  the  matter  is  beyond  my  control,  my  duty 
compels  me  to  bring  you  before  our  Principal,  who  alone  is  author- 
ized to  pass  judgment  in  your  case,  for  he  rules  here,  .but  only  under 
the  guidance  and  will  of  a  still  Higher  Power,  to  whom  all  must 
bow  and  submit.  We  are  all  here  but  as  servants  to  carry  out  the 
will  that  is  destined  to  be.  In  the  end  all  will  be  well." 

He  then  preceded  me,  and  we  passed  through  numerous  labyrinths 
of  corridors,  passages,  and  halls,  until  we  finally  arrived  at  the  door 
of  a  room  which  unceremoniously  opened  itself  to  admit  us.  The 
room  was  spacious  and  well  provided  for  business  purposes.  At  the 
extreme  end  there  was  a  somewhat  elevated  space,  with  railing 
about  it,  which  seemed  designed  to  be  the  place  for  the  chief  or 
principal  of  the  room.  There  were  neat  shelves  filled  with  books  of 
all  imaginable  languages,  some  ancient  scrolls  of  parchment  upon 
which  I  espied  hieroglyphics  probably  dating  back  many  thousand 
years.  Everything  denoted  a  modern  spirit  in  the  upholstery,  con- 
venience and  comfort  of  an  office  occupied  by  an  intelligent  and 
progressive  individual.  Several  devices  in  use  were  not  even  known 
to  me  yet,  and  the  light  that  came  from  above,  too,  was  such  that  it 
shed  a  mellow,  soft  radiance  equally  all  over  the  room,  without 
having  any  tendency  to  affect  the  sight  or  cause  any  pain,  should 
such  beings  as  were  before  me  ever  be  afflicted  with  pain.  In  the 
middle  of  the  inner  office  sat  a  gentleman  of  about  the  same  age  as 
the  one  who  conducted  me.  He  was,  however,  taller  and  of  mag- 
nificent form,  and  to  us  below  he  would  look  as  a  giant  in  stature, 
but  as  all  his  attendants  and  assistants  present  in  the  room  were 
about  of  the  same  age,  the  same  noble  figures  and  bearing,  the  size 
would  not  be  impressed  upon  one's  mind.  Only  when  I  looked 
upon  my  own  deficiency  was  I  made  acquainted  that  these  beings 
were  of  superior  size  and  nobler  creation  than  man  below.  The 
conductor  brought  me  forward  and  bowed,  which  was  gracefully  re- 
turned to  both,  and  then  left  without  giving  any  cause  why  I  was 
brought  before  him.  As  he  left  the  room  the  door  noiselessly  shut 
itself  again,  and  on  suddenly  turning  I  found  two  penetrating  eyes 


6  RESUSCITATED. 

surveying  me  from  head  to  foot.  The  same  feeling  overcame  me  as 
before,  but  more  severe.  My  intellect,  memory,  and  feeling  were 
disturbed  to  such  an  extent  as  if  these  mental  qualities  had  simul- 
taneously been  tumbled  down,  as  the  ball  knocks  down  the  ten-pins 
in  the  play,  and  as  the  pins  were  reset,  one  by  one,  so  my  reason 
returned  to  its  proper  cells  or  station. 

The  gentleman  then  addressed  me  thus:  "Mr.  Jones  Brown 
Smith,  I  have  searched  the  inner  recesses  of  your  soul,  and  have 
learned  the  past  and  all  former  connections  you  had  with  the  world 
below.  For  some  reason,  which  would  be  incomprehensible  to  you 
if  informed  at  present,  you  have  arrived  before  your  time.  The  soul 
of  the  body  below  which  you  have  occupied  has  not  yet  been  sum- 
moned, therefore  the  old  gentleman  on  the  other  side  has  not  found 
you  011  his  list.  Although  he  occupies  a  most  responsible  position, 
and  has  acquired  great  tact  by  his  constant  attendance  to  the 
departed  souls  from  below,  coming  from  all  nationalities,  he  is  yet 
like  one  of  them,  being  born  of  woman.  He  has  not  the  faculty  to 
read,  at  once,  the  being  before  him— read  the  good  deeds  and  the 
bad  ones  committed  during  a  lifetime.  It  was  not  designed  thus; 
his  office  only  extends  to  admission,  and  he  has  the  faculty  to  select 
the  one  he  may  iind  in  about  ten  millions  of  souls  brought  before 
him  who  may  have  proved  to  have  led  a  better  life.  It  is  very  easy 
to  distinguish  such  souls — he  could  not  overlook  them — and  the 
guardians,  also,  are  of  a  higher  class,  who  would  give  information  if 
the  knowledge  had  not  been  acquired.  When  the  clock  has  run 
down  below  that  the  Almighty  has  wound  up,  when  the  world  has 
come  to  an  end,  when  the  harvesting  is  done,  and  all  souls  gathered 
in,  then  Peter's  office  ceases,  and  then  an  opportunity  is  given  for 
him  to  advance  to  our  comprehension. 

"You  think,, I  perceive,  that  such  an  office  ought  to  be  rewarded 
with  advancement  at  once,  but  this  cannot  be  tolerated  any  more 
than  a  university  of  great  repute  would  grant  a  diploma  to  an  igno- 
ramus. The  cook  and  porter  of  the  university  may  have  honestly 
served  a  quarter  of  a  century,  but  that  never  made  them  students 
entitled  to  the  honors  of  a  diploma.  All  here  must  earn  the  intel- 
lectual advancement  before  any  rise  higher  in  station  can  take  place. 
Such  toleration  would  wreck  the  whole  heavenly  laws,  began  ages 
before  your  little  planet  had  any  signs  of  life  upon  it. 

"It  was  mentioned  to  you  that  your  soul  has  not  been  summoned 
yet,  which  signifies  that  it  must  return  to  its  housing,  outer  shell,  or 
body,  and  there  reside  and  act  until  the  time  arrives  when  the 
proper  agent  is  instructed  to  do  his  duty — the  agent  is  Death.  But 
being  here,  I  will  grant  you  the  liberty  which  very  few  mortals  have 
enjoyed  thus  far,  that  is,  being  shown  over  this  great  reformatory. 
It  is  not  alone,  I  must  admit  to  you,  to  gratify  you,  but  also  to 
qhange  the  contemptible  views  humanity  has  entertained,  and  is 
entertaining  of  us  still,  thereby  not  only  lowering  us,  but  lowering 
the  qualities  of  the  Most  High.  By  this  time,  without  further 


IN    PRESENCE   OF   SATAN. 


7 


introduction,  you  have  probably  learned  that  I  am  he  who  is  called 
Satan  below,  of  whom  you  have  often  seen,  heard  and  read — natter- 
ing his  anatomy  and  qualities,  ironically  speaking.  Take  courage, 
and  look  upon  me  well ;  also,  take  in  a  full  view  of  all  my  assistants 
in  office  here.  Are  we  as  represented  below?  Are  we  not,  without 
nattering  ourselves,  even  superior  to  your  species  below  1  And  why 
not,  since  we  are  created  to  be  your  schoolmasters  and  teachers, 
bringing  your  souls  to  a  proper  elevation  for  advancement,  or  giving 
the  rudimentary  teachings  to  advancement  on  the  other  side  by  wip- 
ing out,  erasing,  and  neutralizing  the  grosser  passions  which  have 
been  fastened  upon  your  soul  during  a  lifetime.  Only  one  in  about 
ten  millions  is  ever  passed  direct  through  the  little  door  where  the 
old  gentleman  presides.  You  can  judge  from  this  that  the  labor  to 
be  carried  out  must  be  gigantic,  having  seen  the  great  number  who 
are  admitted  continually;  and  sometimes,  when  great  battles  are 
fought;  epidemics  visit  the  earth;  an  earthcuake  takes  place;  fire, 
water,  wind,  and  electricity  is  turned  loose ,  to  cause  destruction, 
then  old  St.  Peter  is  very  busily  engaged;  and  we  are  no  less  here, 
to  place  them  in  their  proper  positions,  which  will  be  explained  to 
you  subsequently. 

"The  terrible  pictures  imparted  to  you  of  us  by  paintings  and 
stories  are  a  myth,  and  a  gross  libel  upon  us.  Tails,  cloven  feet, 
horns,  cross-eyed  vision,  a  deformed  body ;  all  these  have  been  pasted 
and  labeled  upon  us,  and  the  first  time  we  appeared  we  were  even  a 
despised  snake,  for  which  few  animals  entertain  any  love  or  attach- 
ment, much  less  reasoning  man.  Spiritually,  the  Darwinian  theory 
would  have  shown  itself  energetically  when  a  snake  is  transformed 
in  the  space  of  five  or  six  thousand  years  to  beings  of  our  class,  but 
the  Great  Power  that  brought  us  into  existence  also  wrought  you, 
and  it  is  in  your  likeness. 

"The  Devil  or  Satan  has  ever  been  termed  a  liar,  and  yet  there  is 
no  greater  liar  than  man  himself.  Your  priesthood,  from  the  begin- 
ning of  the  world's  history,  amongst  many  creeds  and  nationalities, 
have  all  told  their  lies,  impressed  their  fears,  and  charged  us  in  the 
end  with  everything  which  the  viciousness  of  your  kind  has  brought 
upon  itself.  From  the  beginning  of  your  Jewish,  Christian  and 
Mahommedan  religion,  the  Devil  is  charged  with  the  sins  of  the 
world,  by  teaching  disobedience,  in  the  shape  of  an  ugly  reptile. 
Eve  blamed  the  Devil,  and  Adam  was  manly  enough,  as  his  name 
implies,  to  blame  his  wife.  Much  of  this  sort  has  been  continued 
since  the  world's  history.  Every  ailment,  ill  luck,  punishment  by 
natural  laws  or  the  written  laws  of  man,  is  laid  at  the  door  of  the 
Devil,  if  no  other  tempter  is  found. 

"The  Devil  and  the  lie  is  born  with  you,  and  frequently  manifests 
its  signs  at  an  early  age,  without  the  aid  of  the  so-called  devils. 
The  little  girl^and  boy,  at  an  early  age,  learns  to  lie,  and  in  order  to 
escape  threatened  punishment,  will  throw  all  blame  of  little  sins  or 
indiscretions  committed,  upon  one  of  the  family,  if  the  discovery  is 


8  RESUSCITATED. 

made.  Then  we  are  made  the  instigators  who  put  these  ideas  into 
the  head  or  charged  the  reasoning  power  of  the  child,  woman  or  man 
to  commit  acts  which  your  laws  forbid  and  which  only  too  often  all 
have  carried  out.  Think  you  we  have  not  more  important  work 
before  us  to  put  in  proper  condition  the  gross  souls  we  receive  from 
below?  Would  there  be  a  grain  of  wisdom  displayed  if,  by  vile 
temptations,  we  increase  crimes,  make  you  more  vicious  and  refract- 
ory, brutalize  you  to  the  lowest  animals,  and  then,  it  being  our  duty 
to  pull  you  out  of  the  mire  of  misery  and  elevate  your  soul  to  a 
higher  social  standard1?  No,  my  friend  Smith,  our  ambition  is  not 
to  increase  our  labor  as  an  experiment — we  know  your  species  quite 
well  here  and  the  world  below.  We  know,  only  too  well,  the  good 
and  bad  rests  with  yourself.  A  great  deal  is  inherited  and  much  is 
acquired  in  vicious  company.  The  animals  show  it  also  quite  fre- 
quently. Why  is  one  horse  more  gentle,  more  obedient,  less  wild, 
often  showing  more  intelligence,  less  stubornness  and  more  confi- 
dence 1  Much  lies  in  the  breed  and  inheritance  from  the  parents, 
the  greater  part  in  the  early  training,  which  under  judicious  man- 
agement, force  and  gentleness,  applied  just  in  proper  time,  will 
break  the  wildest  colt  and  make  him  obedient  to  man. 

"This  principle  you  can  apply  to  other  animals  and  to  your  chil- 
dren. A  passion,  destructive  to  the  child,  nourished  by  the  parents, 
will  destroy  that  child,  when  a  young  woman  or  young  man.  The 
fault  must  be  pulled  out  by  the  root  by  force  and  gentleness  prop- 
erly applied.  The  Deity  makes  the  parents  responsible  for  the 
crookedness  of  the  child.  When  young,  the  uneven  place,  morally 
speaking,  ought  to  have  been  straightened  out  by  gentle  pressure, 
by  main  force  if  necessary.  When  older,  the  method  has  become 
impossible — the  crooked  place,  fault  or  crime  has  been  growing  with 
body  and  soul  and  cannot  be  rectified.  Often  the  negligence  has  to 
be  partially  atoned  in  your  world  already  by  parents  and  children 
both. 

"One  of  your  wise  men,  in  an  old  book  set  up  to  guide  you,  has 
written:  'Spare  the  rod  and  you  spoil  the  child.'  There  is  much 
truth  in  it,  yet  the  rod,  for  the  young  human  being  and  the  animal, 
has  often  caused  the  reverse.  A  proud  and  sensitive  horse  does  not 
require  the  lash;  a  firm,  steady  hand  and  kind  words  and  treatment 
may  often  accomplish  more.  Neither  do  sensitive  children  require 
constant  and  cruel  corporeal  punishment,  for  it  breaks  their  spirit, 
makes  them  indifferent,  and  instead  of  making  good  men  makes 
them  revengeful.  There  is  a  time  for  everything,  and  the  young 
must  be  attended  to  before  it  is  too  late,  but  judiciously. 

"These  are  ideas  we  entertain  here  in  spite  of  being  charged  of 
going  about  like  a  roaring  lion  seeking  whom  we  may  devour,  or  of 
throwing  temptations  to  humanity  as  a  bait  to  lead  them  astray. 

"Who  would  trust  or  be  tempted  by  a  poor  and  ignorant  looking 
Devil,  who  makes  his  appearance  in  such  ugly  shapes,  in  such  rude 
and  frightful  ways  as  you  have  them  coming  amongst  you — fine  and 


IN   THE    PRESENCE    OP   SATAN. 

tempting  figures  to  win  your  fastidious  human  beings  to  commit 
wrong  against  each  other.  If  the  Devil  was  to  appear  in  the  shape 
of  a  beautiful  female,  there  might  be  some  chance  to  make  your 
young  as  well  as  gray-headed  and  bald-headed  men  sin,  against  their 
will  of  course,  but  in  the  shape  he  generally  is  said  to  make  his 
appearance,  he  would  have  but  little  success.  Your  human  devils 
are  better  experts  to  bag  their  game.  If  ever  we  need  any  more 
work,  we  can  find  an  abundance  of  material  amongst  you  to  answer 
our  purpose.  The  reason  we  do  not  has  been  given  already. 

THE   HUMAN   DEVILS. 

"The  real  devils  of  your  world  are  not  of  that  class — they  are  not 
like  roaring  lions,  not  rough  prize  fighters,  highway  robbers  or  rough 
looking  convicts.  These  men  are  spotted  as  your  police  terms  it. 
Many  are  against  them — they  are  too  open,  too  candid,  show  their 
cards  on  first  acquaintance,  and  no  one  courts  their  company  or  has 
any  faith  in  them. 

"Your  real  human  devil  is  a  sleek  fellow  in  broadcloth,  who  with 
devotion's  visage  and  pious  actions  sugars  over  the  devil  so  that  he 
himself  appears  as  a  saint.  He  belongs  to  some  fashionable  church 
where  the  usher  nor  the  congregation  would  be  pleased  to  seat 
Jesus  Christ,  were  he  to  pay  a  visit  of  inspection,  unless  he  were 
dressed  in  fashionable  broadcloth.  He  performs  all  sorts  of  charita- 
ble acts  that  cost  little  and  where  he  is  sure  the  world  will  hear  of 
it.  He  belongs  to  numerous  benevolent  societies;  he  has  the  confi- 
dence of  the  widows  and  orphans;  he  manipulates  money  for  others 
in  order  to  bear  a  good  percentage,  for  he  is  supposed  not  only  to 
bear  the  virtues  of  honesty  and  to  be  a  good  Christian,  but  also  to 
carry  out  great  business  enterprises  for  the  sake  of  others  whose 
money  was  entrusted  to  him.  Some  fine  morning  he  does  not  appear 
at  his  place  of  business — somebody's  daughter  in  high  life  is  also 
missing;  later  in  the  day  the  bank  or  business  place  finds  money  and 
securities  gone ;  the  same  day  the  wife  ^and  six  children  also  miss 
their  pious  father;  the  creditors,  widows,  orphans,  and  working 
people  miss  their  money  and  benefactor  (?). 

"These  are  some  of  the  human  devils  who  throw  out  more  decep- 
tive inducement  to  do  injury  than  we  can ;  and  these  human  devils, 
when  placed  under  our  care,  often  cause  us  unusual  anxiety  to  put 
them  on  the  path  of  progression.  But  there  are  so  many  devils 
below,  and  mankind  is  so  depraved  and  wicked,  it  requires  no  out- 
side pressure  to  cause  them  to  be  worse.  The  Devil  resides  with 
every  human  being,  and  if  you  allow  him  to  control  you,  he  will 
take  possession  of  you.  THE  PASSIONS  ARE  YOUR  DEVIL. 

"But  my  time  is  limited,  Mr.  Smith.  I  am  compelled  to  pass 
you  over  to  Mr.  Lucifer,  one  of  my  assistants  of  the  inner  depart- 
ment— a  very  energetic  and  intelligent  member  of  this  reformatory. 
He  will  show  you  over  a  portion  of  this  extensive  establishment, 
give  you  information,  possibly  instruction,  and  guide  you,  for  what 


10  RESUSCITATED. 

semi-mortal  being  could  ever  find  his  way  out  again  from  the  pas- 
sages of  this  great  palace1?" 

As  if  summoned,  a  somewhat  younger  appearing  gentleman  en- 
tered from  another  apartment,  and  bowing  politely  to  both,  cast  his 
eyes  upon  me,  when  the  same  strange,  peculiar  feeling  overcame  me, 
as  already  stated.  The  eyes  expressed  to  me  what  words  would,  and 
the  language  was,  "I  know  you,  and  your  life's  history,  as  I  have 
known  millions  before  you  who  have  entered  here." 

Then  Satan  requested  Lucifer  to  guide  me,  and  show  the  various 
methods  adopted  to  bring  the  rebellious  spirits  into  subjection,  or, 
like  rough  diamonds,  grind  them  down,  to  show  their  true  value. 

THE    OFFICE    OF    THE    DEVILS. 

We  both  bowed  ourselves  out,  I  rather  following  the  politeness  of 
my  guide  than  my  own  will,  and  having  closed  the  door,  Lucifer 
stopped,  remarking,  "You  need  not  be  alarmed  Mr.  Brown  Jones 
Smith,  for  you  will  not  be  compelled  to  see,  or  witness  anything  that 
will  shock  your  feelings.  The  high  pressure  Hell  your  priests  preach 
about,  does  not  exist,  and  if  it  did,  would  be  of  no  consequence,  for 
if  you  reason  as  an  intelligent  being,  as  I  take  you  to  be,  the  influ- 
ence that  can  be  brought  to  bear  upon  a  body  like  a  human  being, 
of  flesh  and  blood,  would  have  not  the  slightest  effect  upon  the  soul. 
A  thing  lighter  than  vapor,  a  being  without  substance,  cannot  be 
tortured  by  methods  your  holy  inquisitions  adopted  to  force  people 
to  believe  certain  lies  against  their  will,  or  cause  them  to  divulge 
great  secrets.  No;  these  foolish  stories  have  been  trumpeted  about 
long  enough  to  frighten  the  ignorant  and  children.  The  intelligent 
never  invested  in  the  foolish  stories,  although  many  preached  them, 
and  preach  the  old,  trumped-up  lies  still,  to  keep,  or  try  to  keep,  the 
ignorant  in  subjection.  Then  why  should  it  be  necessary  for  us  to 
assume  the  horrible  shapes  you  have  given  us  below?  Why  take 
delight  in  torturing  you,  and  be  greater  criminals  than  yourself1? 
Do  you  select  the  outcasts,  and  most  abandoned  and  criminal  men, 
to  superintend  your  reformatories,  penitentiaries,  work-houses,  and 
similar  institutions  you  have  below1?  Do  you  not  generally  pnt  in 
such  offices  tolerably  good  men,  with  a  fair  reputation,  in  order  to 
be  respected,  not  only  by  the  general  public,  but  the  criminals  them- 
selves must  have  faith  in  them,  knowing  them  to  do  justice  to  them 
and  the  offices  they  occupy.  Why,  then,  should  He,  who  rules  over 
all,  select  such  miserable  beings  as  we  have  been,  and  are  yet  repre- 
sented below,  to  torture  your  immortal  souls  forever  and  ever?  We 
are  here  to  carry  out  His  will  and  wisdom.  We  are  the  wardens, 
the  governors,  the  superintendents,  the  teachers  and  instructors,  and 
do  but  our  duty  under  a  higher  government,  precisely  as  man  does 
below.  The  salary  is  about  the  same  as  the  priest  receives  that  wan- 
ders among  a  dangerous  tribe  of  Indians,  endeavoring  to  Christianize 
them,  or  like  the  Sister  of  Mercy,  and  similar  noble  societies  of  other 
religions,  or  no  religion  at  all,  if  you  will  have  it,  who  venture  on 


IN  PRESENCE  OF  LUCIFER.  11 

the  battle-field  when  bullets  and  bombs  fly  about  to  do  their  deadly 
work,  to  attend  to  the  wants  of  the  wounded  and  dying.  To  the 
same  classes  I  may  add  some  of  your  noble  physicians — of  all 
civilized  countries,  or  those  who  go  amongst  your  cholera,  black 
pest,  and  small-pox  patients,  or  who,  in  contagious  diseases  of  that 
nature,  render  assistance  without  fearing  to  sacrifice  their  own  lives. 
"This  only  is  our  reward,  to  do  good  to  the  soul  as  those  try  to  do 
good  to  the  body — sometimes  soul,  too.  What  matters  it  to  you, 
when  in  your  death  struggle  your  parched  lips  receive  the  cup  of 
water  held  in  the  hands  of  a  woman  who  professes  a  different  re- 
ligion? Is  it  less  sweet?  These  are  truly  acts  of  Christianity,  be  they 
carried  out  by  Catholic,  Protestant,  Jew,  or  the  non-believer.  You 
all  stand  on  equal  footing  here,  all  have  to  be  intellectually  trained 
and  worked  in  order  to  advance  you.  There  is  punishment,  as 
you  will  perceive,  but  it  mus  affect  the  soul  and  have  a  tendency  to 
improve  it  morally,  causing  it  by  its  own  will-power  to  rise  higher 
and  higher. 

THE   SOUL'S  TREATMENT  ON  ITS  PROGRESSION THE  METHODS  ADOPTED. 

"I  will  now  briefly  explain  to  you  the  begining  or  treatment  of 
new  arrivals.  You  see  this  vast  corridor,  extending  miles  and  miles 
into  the  interior.  There  are  thousands  of  these  extending  in  dif- 
ferent directions.  You  notice  there  are  doors  on  each  side,  certain 
distances  apart.  Behind  these  doors  are  small  rooms  or  cells,  occu- 
pied by  two  new  arrivals.  To  make  the  matter  clearer,  the  members 
of  the  group  you  entered  with  all  passed  through  a  certain  door, 
leading  into  a  corridor  or  passage  that  connects  this  part  of  the 
structure  with  the  other.  The  shades  of  the  departed  are  received 
separately  by  the  proper  attendants,  who  at  once,  by  their  spiritual 
gift  or  sense,  examine  the  soul  and  its  past  life  when  occupying  its 
human  garment,  shell,  or  housing,  or  when  in  flesh  and  blood.  The 
whole  history  and  its  ruling  passions  are  at  once  revealed  to  them 
that  occurred  in  its  lifetime ;  from  this,  as  any  professional  man 
would  do,  the  method  adopted  or  to  be  pursued  is  chosen.  The 
physician,  knowing  the  disease,  must  find  the  proper  remedies,  and 
so  do  we,  and  I  am  sorry  to  state  like  the  man  of  medicine  we  often 
are  not  quite  successful  first  in  adopting  the  usual  remedies.  In 
nature,  it  is  said,  the  Creator  made  nothing  alike.  It  is  true,  the 
similarity  is  very  great  to  the  eye,  so  that  one  might  swear  that  a 
leaf  is  precisely  like  the  other  one;  or  that  egg,  that  fruit,  of  the 
same  size  and  color;  but  your  men  of  science,  who  manipulate  deli- 
cate balances,  find  differences  in  weight.  By  the  aid  of  their  instru- 
ments they  arm  your  eyesight  so  it  can  see  a  thousand  fold  better. 
Now  examine  your  leaves  again  and  see  the  great  changes  in  their 
structure.  The  same  difference  wouid  be  exhibited  if  the  minutest 
animalcule  could  be  accurately  examined.  The  same  you  may  apply 
to  physical  and  mental  parts  of  man,  and  the  soul  itself  has  its 
qualities.  There  is  the  temperament,  the  habits  acquired,  the  vices 


12  RESUSCITATED. 

which  have  fastened  themselves  like  parasites  upon  the  soul  when  in 
the  body  and  could  not  be  dislodged  as  long  as  life  lasted.  This, 
and  much  more,  is  to  be  considered  before  the  improvements  begin. 
But  we  know  the  grossest  or  predominating  vices  of  the  soul  at  once, 
and  against  these  we  operate  first,  before  we  begin  on  the  minor 
sins. 

"Now,  returning  to  the  duties  intrusted  to  us  and  comparing  your 
teachings  below  of  nearly  all  religious  denominations,  it  must  be 
admitted  that  we  devils  play  a  far  more  important,  or  rather  power- 
ful part,  than  we  are  entitled  to;  but  all  the  power  attributed  to  us 
is  taken  away  from  the  Almighty.  There  is  certainly  something 
contradictory  in  the  teachings  which  makes  God  allwise  and  almighty, 
signifying  to  know  the  distant  future  and  to  exercise  the  greatest 
power  in  the  universe,  and  yet  allow  the  miserable  devil  to  eliminate 
all  his  good  work  which  he  designed  for  man.  After  making  all 
creative  things  to  his  satisfaction,  he  permits  a  subordinate  spirit  to 
undo  all  his  work  again,  requiring  a  change  in  the  programme. 

"One  of  your  holy  books  mentions,  that  if  the  first  created  human 
beings  had  not  disobeyed  the  Deity,  everything  on  your  little  world 
below  would  have  been  heaven-like  already.  We  make  no  invest- 
ment from  our  capital  of  knowledge  in  that  doctrine,  for  it  would 
signify  that  you  were  to  lead  a  life  of  idleness  and  inactivity.  If  it 
was  designed  that  life  was  to  be  sustained  by  eating  and  drinking, 
wearing  garments  and  to  live  above  the  brute  creation,  it  was  also 
designed  that  you  should  be  your  own  provider,  your  own  builder, 
your  own  protector,  for  without  cultivating  your  mental  power  or 
your  mind,  without  profiting  what  you  gradually  learned  by  dearly 
purchased  experience,  you  would  never  have  attained  the  higher  state 
of  civilization.  The  natural  wants  for  food,  the  requisite  artificial 
covering  for  your  bodies,  when  in  a  lower  state  of  civilization,  gave 
constant  employment  to  the  mind,  which  gradually  brought  you  to 
a  higher  state  and  gave  you  means  to  live  more  refined.  You  are 
the  only  creative  beings  who  have  elevated  themselves  to  the  present 
state  of  civilization,  but  it  was  designed  to  be  by  your  own  energy, 
by  your  industry  and  experience.  Abundance  does  not  produce  the 
highest  intellect,  nor  is  it  positive  that  the  greatest  wealth  must  be 
centered  in  a  country  where  nature  is  prolific  in  her  gifts.  Often 
the  natives  of  such  lands  belong  to  a  lower  scale  of  civilization  than 
those  living  in  a  less  favored  climate,  because  the  mind  is  never  suf- 
ficiently exercised  or  compelled  to  be,  nature  furnishing  all  immedi- 
ate wants  in  close  proximity. 

"The  Great  Spirit  designed,  during  the  geological  ages  while  the 
earth  was  being  prepared,  that  you  should  be  the  rulers  and  the 
world  be  populated  by  your  kind,  and  he  meant  also  that  you  should 
be  your  own  providers;  therefore,  your  ancient  nations  found  it 
already  to  their  advantage  to  cultivate  the  soil  artificially,  and  not 
rely  upon  wild  game  or  fruit  wherever  it  is  found  or  caught  by  the 
savage,  and  to  this  great  resource,  agriculture,  as  the  population  in- 


IN    PRESENCE    OP    LUCIFER.  13 

creases,  it  is  more  and  more  necessary  to  pay  attention.  But  all 
signifies  labor.  If  the  first  theory  was  to  be  admitted,  the  ground 
would  yet  be  untilled,  thousands  of  discoveries  and  inventions 
would  not  be  even  thought  of,  or  could  be  comprehended,  for  in  order 
that  anything  be  understood  it  must  be  of  some  benefit  to  body  or 
mind.  The  hog  cannot  appreciate  a  looking  glass,  but  the  most 
ignorant  savage  may  find  delight  in  viewing  his  reflection.  It  is, 
however,  no  absolute  want,  for  the  savage  can  do  without  it.  To 
the  civilized  man  these  auxiliaries  are  of  more  importance;  they  can 
really  become  wants. 

"There  are  thousands  of  human  beings  who  would  be  willing  to 
eat  less  every  day,  than  to  forego  the  reading  of  the  daily  newspaper, 
which  has  become  intellectual  food  to  them,  gratifying  their  desires 
to  know  what  great  events  have  taken  place  during  a  short  space  of 
time  in  your  world.  The  untutored  would  take  the  grosser  material 
or  would  rather  fill  his  stomach. 

"One  of  the  prime  factors  in  the  advancement  of  the  human  race 
to  its  present  elevation  was  necessity.  It  will  continue  to  play  an 
important  part  in  the  constant  change  which  your  globe  is  compelled 
to  undergo.  The  ever  busy  and  creative  mind  of  man  also  has  done 
much,  and  at  this  age,  reward,  which  means  acquired  wealth — 
money — money  is  th'e  powerful  lever  by  which  they  try  to  gain 
their  end  and  happiness  while  their  lives  last. 

"In  the  end,  money  is  but  the  servant;  but  intellect,  the  mind  of 
man,  is  the  designer,  the  creator;  frequently  the  designer,  the  cre- 
ator, the  originator  of  great  enterprises,  as  the  discoverer,  inventor, 
and  composer  is,  however,  in  such  a  condition  as  to  be  com- 
pelled to  lead  a  miserable  life,  while  the  one  who  supplies  the  money, 
reaps  all  the  benefits  and  honors.  As  civilization  rises  still  higher, 
the  services  of  such  men  and  women  must  receive  better  compen- 
sation. 

"Great  things  have  been  accomplished,  but  greater  yet  will  the 
never  resting  spirit  of  man  carry  out  in  the  future.  The  Creator 
gave  you  the  material  in  a  rough  state;  out  of  it  the  sculptor  chisels 
the  statues  of  the  gods;  the  mechanician  builds  those  gigantic  en- 
gines where,  by  the  confining  of  two  great  forces,  you  are  swiftly 
carried  over  land  and  sea,  and  often  creates  a  force  of  thousands  of 
human  beings.  A  little  child,  after  necessary  preparations,  may 
cause  a  city  to  be  destroyed  or  lift  the  mountain  top  from  its  main 
foundation,  in  order  to  lay  bare  the  much  coveted  yellow  metal 
which  your  nation  worships  as  a  deity.  All  this  the  mind  accom- 
plished and  labor  carried  out,  and  had  the  Ruler  designed  that  you 
should  live  in  idle  luxury,  you  would  have  been  deficient  in  intelli- 
ligence,  for  want  of  mental  and  physical  exercise." 

"But,  Mr.  Lucifer,  if  God  willed  so,  it  could  be  carried  out,  for  it 
is  in  His  power  to  produce  miracles,"  I  suggested,  or  took  courage 
to  say. 

He  smiled  peculiarly,  and  answered:     "Yes,  according  to  your 


14  RESUSCITATED. 

teachings  below,  he  produced  many  miracles — some  in  which  vain- 
glorious man  might  delight  were  they  really  true.  According  to 
your  early  belief,  which  is  yet  a  sort  of  corner-stone  or  foundation 
of  several,  or  a  number  of  religious  denominations,  the  so-called  uni- 
verse was  specially  designed,  because  amongst  it  a  little  planet,  or 
star,  known  as  Earth,  revolves,  and  the  whole  was  particularly  cre- 
ated, because  upon  this  planet  there  lives  a  superior  animal  known 
as  man.  Reflect,  Mr.  Smith,  upon  the  millions  of  fixed  stars  and 
planets  created  alone  for  your  gratification.  A  grain  of  sand  cre- 
ated wants  to  be  gratified  by  having  countless  grains  of  sand  on  the 
shore  of  a  vast  ocean  as  companions.  The  Great  Power  created  the 
gigantic  elephant  in  order  to  gratify  its  parasite.  It  is  extreme 
vanity  or  ignorance  which  can  believe  such  assertions  at  the  present 
age.  The  laws  of  nature  are  fixed ;  there  is  a  mutual  attraction  and 
a  mutual  benefit;  one  is  but  a  link;  it  requires  a  number  to  make  a 
chain;  together  they  form  a  whole.  A  wheel  taken  out  of  your 
clock  causes  derangement,  or  the  stopping  of  the  time-piece,  as  one 
wheel  is  necessary  for  the  others ;  all  have  their  special  duty  assigned 
by  the  man-creator,  and  should  God  act  less  wise  than  his  creature1? 

"Further  on,  a  good  man  makes  the  sun  stand  still,  or  what  is  by 
your  present  laws  of  astronomy  equivalent  to  stopping  the  earth. 
Have  you  reflected  what  the  consequences  would  be  if  a  solid  body 
the  size  of  the  earth,  flying  in  its  orbit  with  inconceivable  velocity, 
or  over  nineteen  miles  per  second  through  space,  were  suddenly 
stopped?  Would  it  be  reasonable  to  credit  that  the  Deity  would 
submit  to  having  a  world  destroyed  to  gratify  a  man  who  has  un- 
dertaken to  annihilate  a  whole  nation?  One  medicine  man  of  an 
inferior  Indian  tribe  worl:s  upon  the  superstitious  intelligence  of  his 
people,  and  prays  to  Go  I  that  the  sun  stand  still,  in  oi'der  to  be 
enabled  to  carry  out  the  cruel  work  of  murdering  and  destroying  a 
superior  tribe  and  posses  their  land.  Where  is  the  proof  that  God 
instigated  the  idea,  that  ;his  diabolical  deed  was  carried  out?  The 
blame  is  not  deposited  at  our  door,  for  we  poor  devils  had  but  little 
to  say,  and  do  yet,  in  those  days,  as  far  as  your  book  goes.  Farther 
on  we  are  supposed  to  have  made  our  appearance  again.  Leaving 
the  past  ages,  we  will  pay  attention  to  the  present,  and  what  you 
are  to  see  and  be  instructed  in. 

"Now  I  will  raise  the  wicket  of  the  third  cell  on  the  right,  into 
which  please  take  a  look.  Yes,  you  are  right,  two  men — two  souls, 
better  expressed — and  I  will  add,  who  have  but  lately  arrived,  being 
but  a  short  time  before  your  arrival  in  the  main  office.  Their  his- 
tory, briefly  told,  is  this:  they  are,  like  you,  Americans;  one  died  a 
drunkard,  the  other  a  straight-laced  temperance  man.  A  TEMPER- 
ATE man  may  imply  much  more.  Generally,  in  your  country,  a 
temperance  man  is  a  man  who  abstains  from  indulging  or  partak- 
ing of  any  kind  of  beverage  charged  with  alcohol.  But  for  all  this, 
such  a  man  may  nevertheless  be  very  INTEMPERATE  in  eating,  in  the 
use  of  tobacco,  or  wherever  a  man  can  be  intemperate.  There  are 


IN  PRESENCE  OP  LUCIFER.  15 

many  reasons  why  a  person  may  be  termed  intemperate,  although  he 
may  be  a  perfect  fanatic  upon  the  use  of  alcoholic  beverages.  The 
one  to  the  left  was  such  a  man,  and  withal  an  extreme  fanatic,  hat- 
ing and  condemning  all  he  came  in  contact  with  who  used  any  kind 
of  liquors  containing  alcohol.  He  was  extremely  narrow-minded 
and  irrational  in  his  views,  and  yet  he  was  not  a  criminal,  or  com- 
mitted any  gross  sins  of  note.  The  one  to  the  right  was  a  slave  to 
king  alcohol,  which  robbed  him  of  all — wealth,  station,  office,  wife, 
children,  relatives  and  friends.  At  one  time  he  held  a  position  in 
your  nation,  standing  high  in  his  profession,  but  by  his  passion  all 
was  sacrificed.  He  fell  lower  than  the  swine,  for  they  would  not 
keep  company  with  him  in  the  gutter;  and  yet  this  man  hardly  ever 
wronged  a  man,  had  a  noble  disposition,  and  when  able,  did  much 
good  in  a  quiet  way.  Those  he  befriended  stepped  over  his  prostrate 
body;  they  were  the  first  who  turned  their  backs  upon  him  and  dis- 
owned him.  Why  did  he  learn  to  drink  1  You  know  the  causes  are 
many;  sometimes  it  is  the  love  the  perso  i  entertains  for  it  from 
childhood  up.  It  is  born  with  the  human  being — a  sort  of  inherit- 
ance, which  is  difficult  to  resist.  It  wat  not  the  case  with  this 
man,  who  was  excellently  brought  up,  had  a  good  and  loving  mother, 
and  a  straightforward,  honest  father.  The  people  were  in  easy  cir- 
cumstances, and  he  received  an  educatior  which  enabled  him  to 
advance  readily  in  a  first-class  college.  Ho  was  married  to  one  of 
the  belles  of  New  York,  a  society  lady,  who  was  in  the  habit  of  be- 
ing attracted  to  all  fashionable  meetings.  The  woman  was  coquet- 
tish, but  true  to  her  husband;  but  a  reputation  assailed  by  some 
enemy,  and  that  enemy  a  woman  who  was  envious  of  the  attention 
paid  her,  caused  the  husband  to  lose  faith.  The  green-eyed  monster 
was  aroused  in  him,  and  suspicion  and  coincidence  did  the  rest, 
and  he  took  refuge  in  the  cup,  becoming  an  outcast.  She  found  a 
refuge  with  her  parents,  and  about  a  year  ago  died  a  sorrowful  wo- 
man. The  woman  was  much  to  blame  at  first,  for  she  had  neglected 
husband  and  children  both,  and  yet  she  meant  no  wrong,  like  thou- 
sands of  other  married  women  before  her. 

"Here,  then,  we  have  the  opposite;  here  is  their  helL  See  how 
the  temperance  man  glares  upon  the  drunkard,  and  how  cowed  down 
the  other  is,  knowing  his  great  infirmity.  How  quick  these  two 
would  leave  each  other  and  find  more  suitable  company  if  they  could 
only  pass  out  of  the  cell.  Do  you  know  it  is  suffering  a  mental  hell 
to  have  a  human  being  constantly  with  you  whom  you  dislike  and 
despise?  Have  you  ever  been  on  board  of  a  ship,  and  cooped  up  in 
a  small  cabin  with  a  disagreeable  companion  who  is  the  very  oppo- 
site to  you?  If  you  ever  have,  you  have  a  faint  idea  of  torture  in  a 
spiritual  sense  on  earth.  Here  it  is  greater,  for  they  have  the  faculty 
of  interchanging  thoughts  rapidly,  without  the  aid  of  speech,  if  they 
choose;  but  they  gradually  have  the  rough  corners  worn  off  as  they 
subdue  their  human  vices  and  gross  passions.  It  is  very  difficult 
with  some  at  first  to  make  any  progress.  The  old  Adam,  or  man  of 


1 6  RESUSCITATED. 

earth,  is  so  closely  bound  up  with  the  released  soul,  yet,  or  the  latter 
finds  itself  estranged  it  cannot  act  independently.  But  I  assure  you 
they  all  advance  in  course  of  time,  and  some  quite  rapidly,  after  the 
feeling  from  below,  not  in  sympathy  with  the  place  here,  is  sup- 
pressed. The  drunkard  here  is  the  better  man,  more  open,  and 
entertaining  no  malice  and  petty  spites,  like  the  narrow-minded 
shade  of  the  other  man.  He  acknowledged  his  infirmity,  but  could 
not  control  the  powerful  passion  that  governed  his  whole  body  while 
in  life. 

TREATMENT    OP    INEBRIATES. 

"It  were  far  better  if  those  addicted  to  strong  drink,  whether  rich 
or  poor,  were  treated  similar  to  the  insane;  that  is,  confined  and 
treated  by  experienced  medical  practitioners.  Many  would  be  re- 
'  deemed  if  removed  from  temptation,  and  the  will  to  indulge  in  strong 
drink  has  been  hemmed  in.  Much  misery  would  thereby  be  wiped 
out,  and  millions  of  dollars  left  in  the  possession  of  those  to  whom 
it  originally  belonged.  A  drunken  man  is  often  far  more  dangerous 
than  the  insane  human  being ;  why,  then,  should  not  society 
protect  itself  from  such  vice  by  bringing  them  under  control  of 
the  law,  without  distinction,  rich  and  poor,  high  and  low,  receiv- 
ing a  similar  treatment1?  Private  institutions  have  shown  the  benefit 
in  this  overshadowing  vice  of  your  nation ;  therefore  to  make  it  more 
general  in  the  United  States,  and  in  fact  all  civilized  countries,  a 
law  should  be  enacted  which  would  secure  the  patient  at  proper 
places  until  cured.  This  also  may  be  applied  to  opium  smoking, 
another  detested  vice  fast  growing  into  use  in  your  State,  and  in 
fact  the  United  States. 

"To  proceed  with  our  subject,  in  giving  the  history  of  the  two 
beings  in  this  cell  I  mentioned  that  the  temperance  man  was  not  a 
temperate  man,  but  in  this  contest  with  the  drunkard,  in  this 
thought-battle,  he  must  come  out  victorious  over  the  drunkard, 
whose  rough  exterior,  as  two  rough  diamonds,  when  rubbed 
and  crushed  together  one  is  worn  the  most,  or  when  applied 
to  the  soul,  one  is  benefited  the  most  by  its  own  suffering. 
In  the  coming  period,  the  occupants  of  the  cell  are  changed; 
one  is  brought  to  bear  his  thoughts  upon  the  temperance  man 
by  one  who  was  temperate  in  the  uses  of  other  luxuries  or  ne- 
cessities in  life,  and  then  the  temperance  man  receives  the  brunt 
and  is  humiliated  and  reminded  that  he  was,  after  all,  not  so  perfect 
as  his  egotism  had  caused  him  to  think.  Thus  we  work  one  sin, 
one  gross  passion,  against  the  virtue  of  another  soul,  although  that 
soul  may  be  deficient  in  another  point  of  perfection  also.  Before 
us  none  arrive  who  are  so  pure  that  no  deficiency  is  noticed  which 
clings  to  the  character  of  their  soul;  but  not  only  do  we  see  the 
faults  and  sins,  the  ignoble  passions  which  have  ruled  them  while 
passing  their  allotted  time  below,  but  their  virtues,  good  deeds,  and 
self-control  they  exercised  over  themselves  in  a  ruling  passion,  are 


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equally  known,  and  by  this  knowledge  we  strive  to  do  our  grinding 
in  the  polishing  of  the  souls  under  our  care. 

"You  will  perceive  from  this  that  the  primary  work  of  the  polish- 
ing process  is  to  work  sinner  against  sinner,  one,  however,  being  a 
less  sinner  in  certain  crimes  than  another.  No  human  being  is  so 
perfect  as  not  to  have  some  vice  attached,  some  ruling  passion  which 
has  tunneled  and  drilled  itself  into  the  soul,  living  with  it  as  a  par- 
asite. The  most  despised  and  abhorred  criminal  in  your  penitentiary 
often  possesses  virtues  which  the  reported  good  man  may  lack,  and 
which  would  almost  make  him  be  deserving  the  good  name  he  car- 
ries. God,  who  judges  the  criminal,  so-called,  because  his  criminal- 
ity has  been  discovered  or  he  was  not  enabled  to  establish  his  inno- 
cence, with  you,  must  atone  for  the  crime  right  or  wrong.  With  us, 
neither  one  nor  the  other  is  wanting  in  the  faults  and  sins  that  cling 
to  the  human  soul  on  its  arrival  here,  and  these  deficiencies  must  be 
erased,  the  dark  spots  washed  out,  the  soul  made  pure  and  fit  for 
the  high  station  it  is  to  occupy.  Your  doctrines  below  would  have 
us  believe,  that  because  a  man  has  lived  according  to  your  codes  of 
law ;  that  because  a  man  has  done  some  good  to  mankind ;  went  to 
church  regularly,  and  looked  upon  God  as  a  low  Chinaman  does 
when  in  presence  of  a  high  Mandarin,  or  a  slave  to  his  master;  that 
the  soul  of  such  man  or  woman  may  jump  into  the  center  of  heaven 
like  a  clown  into  the  middle  of  the  circus  ring,  crying  out,  'I  am 
here.'  The  laws  of  heaven  are  not  formulated  thus. 

"In  your  world  below  knowledge  cannot  be  poured  through  a 
funnel  into  your  brain.  It  must  be  gained  by  constant  attention 
and  labor  of  the  mind;  often  the  limbs  are  necessary  also  to  educate 
the  whole  for  the  branch  to  which  the  human  being  has  devoted 
himself  or  hersc  If.  Your  reputed  scientist,  inventor,  literary  man, 
composer  and  general  who  has  gained  the  fame  of  being  a  genius, 
will  be  found  upon  closer  investigation  to  have  been  more  of  a 
worker  and  systematic  observer,  than  a  genius  who  has  fallen  out  of 
the  clouds  ready  made  to  order,  as  the  word  appears  to  imply.  You 
must  not  comprehend  from  this  that  I  deny  that  man  is  born  with 
certain  faculties  adapting  him  specially  for  certain  studies,  enter- 
prises or  work.  It  is,  however,  frequently  the  case  when  nature 
lavishly  furnishes  certain  recesses  of  the  brain,  when  she  bestows 
more  substance  upon  certain  faculties  of  man,  she  does  it  at  the  ex- 
pense of  other  faculties,  or  in  other  words,  when  the  vigor  of  the 
mind  in  one  direction  is  more  than  usually  vigorous,  it  is  frequently 
the  case  that  it  is  greatly  diminished  in  another,  and  in  all  such  cases 
there  must  follow  some  deficiency  in  judgment.  For  instance,  a  man 
may  be  noted  as  a  musical  genius  and  at'the  same  time  represent  an 
idiot.  As  I  have  stated  that  with  you  it  requires  a  will  to  propel 
yourself  forward  intellectually,  so  it  still  does  up  here  to  bring  you 
to  a  higher  state,  and  without  your  energy  and  will  you  cannot 
advance. 


18  RESUSCITATED. 

VICE   AND   VIRTUE    HARNESSED   TOGETHER. 

"We  will  stop  at  this  cell,  Mr.  Smith,  where  two  females  have 
been  placed  not  many  hours  ago.  You  see  one  is  old,  the  other  less 
than  twenty  years  of  age. 

"And  very  beautiful,"  I  added. 

"It  is  true,"  he  replied;  "the  very  cause  that  the  grain  did  not 
ripen  for  the  sickle,  that  she  came  before  her  time,  or  rather  that 
she  did  not  reach  the  usual  age  nature  fitted  up  her  human  frame  to 
exist  in  your  world.  The  girl  was  murdered  by  her  lover.  She  was 
one  of  those  unfortunates  who  had  sold  her  virtue  for  money.  Flat- 
tery was  one  of  the  causes  that  resulted  in  her  ruin.  Flattery 
against  vanity,  and  vanity  fell;  and  being  down,  friend  and  foe 
trampled  upon  vanity  and  she  could  never  redeem  herself  again. 
Do  you  know,  in  no  country  in  your  wide  world  is  a  woman  held 
lower,  who  follows  her  occupation,  than  in  yours.  Such  a  woman  is 
meant  to  be  forever  cut  off  from  all  that  has  a  tendency  to  improve 
mankind  religiously.  Did  He  whom  you  place  at  the  head  of  your 
great  Christian  religion  act  on  that  Pharasaical  principle  1  Was  He 
ashamed  to  be  seen  with  them?  Did  He  utterly  condemn  them? 
Is  it  the  greatest  crime  that  a  woman  can  follow,  and  is  it  entirely 
impossible  to  redeem  that  class  from  their  evil  doings?  By  the 
scorn  and  indifference,  the  reception  they  receive  everywhere,  and 
most  by  their  own  sex,  they  must  fall  lower. 

"There  are  noble  women  in  other  countries  of  large  cities,  who  do 
not  think  themselves  denied  in  their  efforts  to  lead  them  to  a  better 
life,  when  their  dress  comes  in  contact  with  theirs.  Many  of  these 
girls  would  be  redeemed  if  only  an  effort  were  made  by  some  noble 
and  high-minded  woman,  with  influence  and  high  standing.  Such 
an  one  would  receive  recruits  in  her  ranks  despite  the  moral  courage 
it  requires. 

"Even  if  such  a  girl  could  not  return  to  her  parents,  who  fre- 
quently are  occupying  social  positions,  she  could  at  least  be  made 
self-sustaining  by  honest  labor,  under  the  supervision  of  matrons 
appointed  for  the  position,  and  when  redeemed  she  may  become  yet 
a  useful  member  of  society.  There  ought  to  be  a  woman  society 
extending  over  your  broad  land,  whose  duty  it  should  be  to  elevate 
that  class  of  females.  Is  it  any  greater  shame  to  redeem  a  fallen 
woman  than  an  intemperate  man?  Do  not  the  Good  Templars  and 
similar  societies  take  in  their  ranks  both  sexes  equally?  Is  it  less  a 
good  deed  before  God  and  man  to  save  a  woman  by  woman  than  a 
man  by  woman?  In  spite  of  your  reforms  and  your  advance,  both 
the  drunkard  and  the  woman  of  easy  virtue  you  will  always  have 
amongst  you,  but  their  number  could  be  reduced  by  adopting  more 
humane  and  Christian  treatment.  Christianity  preached  from  pul- 
pits and  Christianity  actually  carried  out  works  quite  differently. 

"You  judge  the  crimes  below  committed  against  society,  but  you 
seldom  know,  or  care  to  inquire  into  the  causes.  We  know  the  cir- 
cumstances, and  judge  accordingly,  up  here.  The  greatest  sin  may 


IN    PRESENCE    OF    LUCIFER.  19 

lose  much  of  its  horror  were  all  matters  connected  with  it  fully 
known  to  you ;  but  let  me  acquaint  you  further  with  the  character 
of  the  two  occupants  before  us.  The  girl  was  stabbed  to  death  by 
one  of  her  lovers  while  raging  under  an  attack  of  jealousy,  and  here 
is  the  soul  to  atone  for  the  sins  she  committed.  The  old  lady  led  a 
strictly  virtuous  life,  so  far  as  men  were  concerned;  for  being 
crossed  in  love  early,  or  rather,  finding  her  lover  untrue  to  her,  mak- 
ing use  of  one  of  the  class  just  mentioned,  she  broke  the  engagement, 
and  forever  hated  those  unfortunate  women,  and  men,  too,  in  gen- 
eral. 

"This  woman  was  very  wealthy,  and  had  the  means  and  will  to 
do  considerable  good  in  the  way  of  charity.  She  cheerfully  gave  to 
the  poor,  seldom  making  inquiries  how  her  money  was  applied.  She 
kept  and  fed  whole  families,  who  otherwise  would  have  rendered 
honest  service  to  the  world,  but  by  her  charities  they  remained  pau- 
pers, idlers,  hypocrites  and  frauds,  using  the  surplus  money  for 
intemperate  purposes  and  luxuries  to  which  such  people  are  not 
entitled. 

"It  often  happens  that  benevolent  or  charitable  people,  when  they 
supply  a  human  being  with  money,  think  they  have  carried  out  a 
Christian  act,  and  such  is  frequently  the  case  when  the  gift  is  actu- 
ally required  by  an  extremely  impoverished  individual.  It  is  oftener 
the  case,  however,  that  the  person  in  need  would  have  been  much 
better  served  morally,  if  supplied  with  work,  and  the  work  furnished 
paid  for.  To  keep  your  impoverished  people  in  money  and  food  you 
cause  them  to  despise  labor,  and  love  idleness  and  intemperance. 
Had  this  woman  really  spent  her  money  judiciously  for  the  poor,  by 
giving  honest  employment,  many  just  such  girls  would  have  been 
kept  out  of  houses  in  which  her  present  companion  passed  part  of 
her  ill-spent  life.  She  directly,  even,  was  the  cause  of  girls  seeking 
quarters  in  such  places,  simply  because  the  families  under  her  pro- 
tection kept  their  children  in  idleness,  and  brought  them  up  to 
intemperance. 

VIEWS   ABOUT   LABOR. 

"Honest  labor  is  appreciated  with  us;  idleness  does  much  mischief. 
Every  young  man  and  woman,  rich  or  poor,  ought  to  be  brought  up 
— compulsory,  if  necessary — to  do  some  manual  labor,  or  learn  a 
trade.  The  wealth  the  parents  possess  often  takes  wings,  and  the 
young  man  or  woman  known  as  GENTLEMAN  and  LADY,  who  have  not 
had  instruction  in  any  manual  labor,  or  were  ashamed  to  perform 
any,  find  themselves  in  a  condition  worse  than  servants.  Education 
and  cultivation,  by  all  means;  but  do  not  neglect  the  trades  and 
mechanical  labor  ever  necessary  in  civilized  life.  The  woman  who 
has  been  so  fortunate  as  to  have  been  born  of  rich  and  indulgent 
parents,  who  expended  their  thousands  to  bring  the  girl's  education 
up  to  the  highest  standard,  giving  her  what  is  termed  a  'finished 
education,'  njay  yet  think  herself  unfortunate  that  her  parents 


20  hESUSCITATED. 

thought  it  of  no  importance  to  have  her  instructed  in  the  arts  of  the 
kitchen  and  the  household.  It  is  there  where  your  true  woman 
shines;  it  is  there  where  she  ought  to  rule,  and  it  is  not  absolutely 
necessary  that  much  labor  should  be  performed  by  herself.  What 
is  wanted  is  to  know  how  the  work  should  be  carried  out.  Thou- 
sands of  unhappy  marriages  and  divorces  are  caused  every  year  on 
account  of  this  deficiency. 

"Cookery  ought  to  be  looked  upon  as  an  art,  and  instructions 
ought  to  be  given  all  over  the  land  to  young  women.  Every  city 
ought  to  possess  its  famous  cooking  schools,  and  be  as  proud  of  its 
laboratory  as  of  a  conservatory  of  music,  and  even  more  so,  as  you 
can  exist,  if  need  be,  without  music,  but  all  mortals  must  eat  and 
drink,  and  why  not  train  your  coming  generations  to  produce  only 
.that  which  is  most  palatable  and  wholesome  for  them1? 

HINTS   TO   THE   WEALTHY. 

"Your  rich  can  aid  much  in  bringing  the  lower  classes  up  to  some 
useful  occupation.  The  little  boy  and  girl,  properly  employed,  will 
in  a  short  time  be  self-sustaining.  The  man  who  sets  in  motion  so 
many  young  and  nimble  hands  with  his  money,  starting  a  new  indus- 
try which  had  to  rely  upon  European  or  Asiatic  countries,  retains 
the  money  in  your  country  and  becomes  a  benefactor  to  the  em- 
ployed. A  man  of  wealth  may  give  one  hundred  thousand  dollars 
to  a  university  fund  and  carry  out  a  good  act.  Another  rich  man 
takes  the  same  amount  from  his  surplus  funds  and  builds  a  small 
factory,  where  he  keeps  fifty  or  a  hundred  girls  and  boys  employed 
and  instructed  in  useful  occupations,  adapted  to  their  sex.  Out 
of  the  two,  the  one  who  gave  the  labor  is  likely  to  cause  the  most 
good  to  the  poor.  But  even  labor  must  be  systematically  performed, 
and  science  and  art  everywhere  should  be  the  guide.  Any  me- 
chanic of  note  who  is  deficient  in  drawing,  necessary  mathematical 
knowledge,  and  similar  aids  in  the  work  he  is  engaged  in,  must  be 
kept  in  the  background.  Therefore,  the  man  who  sets  his  forty  to 
fifty  boys  to  work  must  not  expect  them  to  work  like  clocks  or 
steam  engines  set  in  motion,  but  he  must  also  aid  them  by  intel- 
lectual instructions,  or  else  your  workers  will  be  mere  machines. 
Man,  in  future,  must  act  as  the  guide;  the  forces  of  nature,  which 
his  mind  has  learned  him  to  harness,  will  produce  the  muscles  and 
sinews.  The  spirit  and  mind  of  the  machine  must  ever  be  the  man 
himself.  Every  State  ought  to  possess  its  technical  schools,  which 
in  fact  have  become  an  absolute  necessity  in  the  older  countries, 
and  if  you  intend  to  keep  step  with  the  world,  your  rich  men  may 
there  show  some  true  benevolence  in  bringing  the  masses  upward, 
combining  labor  with  useful  knowledge  necessary  for  the  work. 

"But  not  too  much  reliance  should  be  placed  in  such  hopes,  as  it 
has  been  proved  that  all  your  millionaires  dying  the  past  twenty 
years,  have  done  little  or  nothing  to  return  some  of  their  wealth 
from  whence  it  originally  came,  or  to  a  large  extent.  Particularly 


IN  PRESENCE  OF  LUCIFER.     •  21 

were  the  so-termed  good  church  members  noted  for  letting  all  the 
almighty  dollars  gathered  in  a  lifetime  and  stored  in  one  corner,  be 
divided  amongst  the  already  rich  relatives.  A  few  known  as 
'cranks,'  who  had  the  boldness  to  act  differently,  gave  an  opportunity 
for  fat  slices  to  the  lawyers.  If  your  rich  man  really  wants  to  do 
anything  for  the  future  in  your  world,  he  must  not  intrust  such 
work  to  his  relatives  and  friends.  He  must  be  his  own  supervisor 
and  dispenser,  and  with  the  aid  of  professional  men  he  can  carry 
through  any  project  he  may  entertain  to  set  in  motion.  The  Gov- 
ernment and  State  should  become  interested.  It  is  far  better  to 
instruct  your  boys  in  schools  of  that  description  and  have  them 
acquire  occupations,  than  to  have  them  years  after  learn  some  trade 
in  a  penitentiary.  The  mind  of  the  child  ought  to  be  prepared  as 
early  as  possible  for  it,  looking  upon  work  as  play,  and  in  this  the 
disciples  of  Fro?bel  come  into  place  or  play.  In  their  instructions  to 
the  young  mind,  the  child,  without  knowing  or  undergoing  forced 
study,  acquires  knowledge,  and  that  through  its  play  or  work  as  you 
may  choose  to  term  it.  The  soft  clay  in  the  hands  of  a  child  may 
already  show  by  its  molding,  that  from  this  boy  may  be  made  a 
second  Phidias  or  a  Powers,  and  it  is  thus  in  other  branches  of  the 
arts  and  trades. 

"But  to  return  to  our  two  souls,  one  known  as  a  virtuous  woman 
and  benevolent,  the  other  as  one  who  had  followed  vice  and  thereby 
doing  herself  more  harm  than  others.  The  misapplication  of  the 
elder  woman's  benevolence  and  charity  has  been  explained  to  you, 
and  you  will  admit  it  has  caused  more  harm  than  benefit,  but  she 
meant  the  latter,  giving  considerable  honey  with  a  great  deal  of  rank 
poison.  These  two  souls  are  now  in  position;  the  main  work  to  be 
accomplished  for  the  present  is  by  the  elder  upon  the  younger,  mak- 
ing clear  her  wrong  doings,  and  causing  repentance  and  a  will  to 
atone  for  it,  paying  attention  to  the  progressive  rules  necessary.  In 
the  next  change  the  elder  lady  will  come  in  contact  with  a  spirit 
who  has  caused  some  good  work  to  be  done,  without  boasting,  as  an 
act  of  charity;  it  was  carried  out  without  the  aid  of  much  money, 
but  rather  by  giving  useful  instructions  and  by  thus  placing  honest 
and  ready  capital  at  hand  for  the  aided,  to  use  in  future,  and  thereby 
become  self-sustaining.  The  old  lady  will  then  come  to  recognize 
her  much  esteemed  charitable  acts  to  have  been  far  less  beneficial 
than  she  thought  them  to  be  to  enter  the  little  gate  St.  Peter  has 
ready  as  a  reward,  but  allows  so  very  few  |»  pass  through. 

"You  see  all  along  here  on  both  sides  you  find  souls  in  torture  by 
virtues  and  vices  being  harnessed  together,  and  the  primary  work  is 
to  match  great  virtues  over  predominating  vices,  and  as  every 
human  being  is  noted  to  have  performed  some  good  deeds,  the  soul 
is  entitled  to  work  upon  its  opposite  as  a  reformer,  and  in  such 
cases  your  greatest  criminal  may  become  the  teacher  of  the  better 
soul.  When  gradually  the  grosser  sins  have  been  obliterated  by  the 
working  virtues  of  another,  then  our  work  begins  for  higher  prepara- 
tions. We  may  speak  of  that  further  on,  if  time  permits. 


22  RESUSCITATED. 

PHILOSOPHER    AND    HORSE    JOCKEY. 

"Here,  Mr.  Smith,  are  two  interesting  subjects.  Satisfy  your 
curiosity  well,  if  you  entertain  any." 

"I  think  they  are  rather  opposite  in  their  intellect,  one  appear- 
ing as  having  been  educated,  while  the  other  shows  little  or  no 
traces  excepting  a  sort  of  low  cunning,  sometimes  denominated 
smartness,"  I  answered,  after  my  survey  of  the  two. 

"Quite  right;  you  read  character  excellently,  so  far  as  the  exte- 
rior is  concerned.  Of  course  their  history  is  not  known  or  what 
they  really  represented  below.  Had  we  near  us  the  shades  of  La 
Vater,  he  could  explain  to  you  the  differences  of  their  physiogno- 
mies arid  what  the  parts  indicate,  when  thus  and  thus  formed  or 
placed.  The  shades  of  Gall  and  Spurzheim  could  give  you  further 
points  as  to  their  intellect,  by  the  examination  of  the  shape  of  their 
heads.  I  pretend  to  be  learned  in  a  few,  but  my  specialty  is  to 
read  the  soul  itself  and  its  history,  and  all  the  arts  and  the  sciences 
of  your  little  world  below  will  never  possess  that  knowledge,  it 
never  being  intended  to  arm  man  with  such  power  below. 

"We  will  proceed.  The  large  man  with  massive  head  and  deep 
sunken  eyes,  appearing  as  if  in  deep  study,  or  peering  into  the  mys- 
teries of  the  future,  was  a  great  scientist  and  philosopher;  a  giant 
amongst  the  learned;  a  Newton  and  Humboldt  in  spirit,  and  a  man 
who  accomplished  a  vast  amount  of  mental  labor,  making  discoveries 
and  causing  inventions  by  which  many  men  have  grown  wealthy, 
while  he  himself  had  not  thought  to  protect  his  "work,  as  it  is  now 
done,  by  taking  out  patents,  or  protecting  your  own  brain  labor. 
This  man  only  worked  for  the  general  benefit  of  man,  or  the  love  of 
knowledge,  and,  as  is  the  usual  case,  he  died  comparatively  poor. 
In  his  search  through  Nature  he  did  not  meet  a  God,  or  a  Ruling 
Spirit.  He  gave  all  his  credit  to  Nature  herself,  acknowledging 
neither  God,  a  soul,  or  a  life  beyond. 

"The  small  man,  with  short  hair,  low  forehead,  quick-moving 
monkey  eyes,  flat  nose,  with  open,  large  nostrils,  and  big  mouth  with 
retreating  chin,  and  short,  bull-like  neck,  was  a  horse  jockey,  who 
died  rich,  and  believing  in  a  Supreme  Being.  Dishonesty  was  his 
ruling  passion;  so  his  acquired  wealth,  although  not  stolen,  was  yet 
acquired  by  low  trickery,  to  which  the  nobler  character  of  the  phi- 
losopher would  never  stoop,  and  yet  here  the  jockey  is  placed  above 
the  philosopher,  in  order  to  humiliate  him,  and  to  find  his  hell  with 
a  character  he  from  his  boyhood  despised  and  abhorred.  In  the 
contest  of  thoughts  going  on  between  them  regarding  a  Supreme 
l>cing,  the  less  learned  soul  has  the  advantage.  His  simple  answers 
and  questions  are  short,  but  to  the  point,  and  in  course  of  time  the 
giant  in  intellect  will  find  himself  routed  by  the  sonl  of  a  simple- 
minded  mortal,  while  he  himself  soared  with  the  celestial  bodies, 
and  calculated  their  revolutions  around  the  sun  while  in  life.  This 
confinement  and  humiliation  that  one  spirit  must  accept  from  the 
other,  is  a  greater  hell,  producing  incalculably  more  pain  than  any 


IN    PRESENCE   OF    ST.    PETER. 


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torture  that  can  be  inflicted  upon  man  physically.  But.  even  with 
you,  mental  pain  produces  greater  changes  than  when  the  body  is 
subjected  to  torture.  Thus  the  revolving  wheel,  representing  the 
soul  of  a  horse  jockey  who  believed  in  a  Supreme  Being,  is  made  to 
grind  off  the  rough  coating  of  a  most  valuable  diamond,  or  a  disbe- 
lieving philosopher  is  taught  by  one  far  below  his  knowledge  to 
acknowledge  a  Greater  Power  than  Nature  herself.  In  their  pro- 
gress, as  in  the  world  below,  the  advantages  are  with  the  learned 
after  his  prejudices  and  predominating  sin  are  removed.  Those 
learned  in  Nature  have  already  taken  initiatory  steps  to  progress. 
Everywhere  the  change  is  to  advance  and  be  moving — no  idleness, 
no  standing  still,  ever  acquiring  the  knowledge  to  rise  higher  and 
higher,  and  in  this,  so  far  as  the  natural  laws  extend,  the  man  of 
science  has  already  served  some  apprenticeship;  but  he  must  be 
made  to  acknowledge,  must  himself  be  convinced,  that  there  is  some 
power  greater  than  Nature,  and  that  Nature  simply  represents  the 
scenery;  that  the  Almighty  is  the  sceneshifter,  and  artist  too. 

CATHOLIC,    PROTESTANT    AND   JEW. 

"In  this  cell  you  find  a  Catholic  and  a  Protestant,  of  common 
order  and  intelligence,  each  proclaiming  his  religion  THE  BEST.  Both 
are  right,  and  wrong,  too.  The  next  you  find  the  same,  of  a  higher 
order,  and  the  arguments  in  thought  are  here  more  refined,  more 
theoretical  and  argumentative,  but  the  substance  is  the  same.  Both 
will  advance  more  rapidly  than  the  other  two,  who  are  less  intelli- 
gent, after  they  have  acquired  the  true  knowledge  to  advancement, 
for  the  training  of  the  soul  below  gives  it  great  advantage  here. 

"  In  this  cell  there  are  placed  a  Jew  and  Mohammedan,  and  in  the 
opposite  one,  a  Christian  and  Jew.  Both  pairs  are  of  a  lower  order, 
but  in  the  next  cell  you  find  a  Catholic  priest  and  a  rabbi  belaboring 
each  other  intellectually,  and  this  is  a  sharp  contest,  and  about  even. 
The  rabbi,  or  older  religion,  the  foundation  of  the  Christian  religion 
itself,  is  too  much  for  the  priest,  who  finds  himself,  with  all  his 
learning,  vanquished  by  the  Jew;  but  were  they  to  oppose  each 
other  for  the  good  actions  rendered  in  general  to  mankind,  the 
priest's  good  deeds,  in  this  case,  at  least,  would  outweigh  the  rabbi's ; 
but  this  is  not  intended  here,  as  I  perceive  from  the  arrangement. 
This  is  only  a  little  contest  between  religions,  to  wear  off  the  rough 
coatings  by  friction,  and  the  priest's  exterior  must  be  roughly 
scratched  to  lay  bare  the  glittering  diamond  within.  The  Jew  will 
be  attacked  at  a  different  point,  where  he  is  found  vulnerable.  I 
assure  you  we  have  their  hell  for  all  of  them;  but  their  pain  im- 
proves their  characters  and  beings,  while  below  it  often  causes  the 
human  devils  only  to  sink  lower  and  lower.  Do  you  not  call  this 
improvement1? 

"Frequently  we  bring  the  bigoted  Christian,  Jew,  Mohammedan, 
and  other  religions  acknowledging  a  God,  in  contact  with  each  other, 
in  order  to  take  out  the  conceit  they  imbibed  while  in  life.  It  is 


24  RESUSCITATED. 

quite  necessary  to  take  out  their  conceit,  for  they  can  never  banish 
the  thought  that  their  religion  is  not  the  best,  but  in  worshiping, 
even  to  the  Deity,  and  nothing  more,  lies  not  salvation  alone.  But 
by  their  works  we  know  them — not  the  professions  they  make  in 
behalf  of  their  religion." 

ADVANCEMENT. 

We  had  by  this  time  advanced  to  a  considerable  distance  in  one 
direction,  and  soon  a  slight  alteration  in  architecture  took  place  ; 
the  arching  of  the  roofs  became  higher,  the  doors  of  the  cell  larger, 
and  the  cells  also  more  comfortable,  larger  aud  lighter.  After  walk- 
ing some  distance  in  this  new  division,  he  remarked  : 

"  I  will  now  give  you  some  idea  of  spirits  somewhat  more  ad- 
vanced in  this  reformatory.  Look  into  this  room  and  you  will  per- 
ceive a  group  of  twelve,  representing  a  number  of  religions  and 
nationalities.  They  are  of  both  sexes,  as  you  see,  but  sometimes 
the  sexes  only  meet;  and  let  me  inform  you,  until  some  advance  is 
made,  that  is,  when  the  passions  have  been  expelled  which  had  taken 
possession  of  that  soul  while  on  earth,  not  until  then  are  the  sexes 
mixed.  If  you  could  read  their  countenances  as  readily  as  I  am  en- 
abled to,  you  would  perceive  a  great  change  between  the,  first  souls 
and  those  here.  But  even  YOUR  eyes  notice  some  change.  They 
are  now  interchanging  thoughts;  they  compare  each  other's  faults 
and  deficiencies ;  some  will  defend  them  for  a  while,  but  finally  find 
themselves  vanquished  and  will  yield.  Every  meeting  brings  favor- 
able results,  for  it  has  become  much  easier  to  overcome  obstacles. 
The  spirit  is  now  on  its  progressive  passage,  and  MUST  advance. 
There  are  very  many,  many  things  to  acquire,  but  it  would  be  use- 
less to  inform  you  of  them,  since  you  cannot  understand  them,  nor 
can  the  new  comers.  The  comparison  is  greater  than  this:  You 
endeavor  to  to  teach  a  child  the  alphabet,  and  having  acquired  a 
few  letters  you  introduce  choice  reedings,  that  only  highly  educated 
persons  could  fully  comprehend.  You  teach  a  child  to  count,  and 
then  bring  forward  some  mathematical  problem,  with  algebraical 
formulas  and  calculations.  Now,  what  benefit  would  be  bestowed 
upon  the  child  in  proceeding  thus1?  There  must  be  gradations  here, 
as  with  you  below ;  the  mind,  so  to  say,  of  the  soul  must  compre- 
hend before  it  enters  higher  stations.  The  theory  with  you  being 
that  all  who  enter  hell  must  undergo  torture,  and  as  they  are  in- 
tended to  be  there  forever  and  ever  the  torture  and  beings  increas- 
ing in  pain  and  wickedness.  I  will  put  it  differently :  In  a  box  there 
is  found  one  bad  apple,  with  several  hundred  others;  out  of  these, 
by  some  law  of  nature,  one  has  become  rotten  and  at  a  certain  stage 
of  the  disease  attacks  its  neighbor,  and  so  one  another  until  the 
whole  box  is  affected.  Just  so  in  hell  in  the  end,  as  the  devils  are 
the  greatest  enemies  of  God  so  would  all  the  souls  become  toward 
the  last. 

"In  society  it  is  frequently  the  case  that  one  bad  man,  one  bad 
woman,  make  others  similar,  and  the  number  increases  in  mathe- 


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matical  progression — 2,  4,  8,  16,  32,  etc.  The  majority  naturally 
must  have  considerable  influence  upon  the  minor  or  a  single  person. 
Say  you  take  one  of  your  most  abandoned  cow-boys  of  the  far  West 
and  put  him  at  the  table  with  a  dozen  refined  gentlemen  of  Boston 
or  New  York.  You  clothe  your  half  savage  similar  to  his  associates 
and  treat  him  similar  in  every  respect  as  you  do  the  others.  Do  you 
think  the  fellow  would  then  act  in  the  same  manner  as  he  would  with 
his  own  associates'?  Continue  this  process  and  give  him  other  op- 
portunities, and  you  may  make  some  sort  of  a  so-called  gentleman 
out  of  him,  or  he  may  even  surpass  them,  if  he  had  any  education 
previously.  Now  take  one  of  your  fine  gentlemen,  pack  him 
amongst  a  lot  of  twenty  or  thirty  cow-boys,  cut-throats  and  thieves; 
let  him  associate  from  day  to  day  with  them,  and  even  if  he  has 
remained  upright  and  honest,  he  will  have  lost  much  of  the  gentle- 
man and  acquired  bad  manners. 

"This  the  child  does  from  beginning,  born  of  savage  or  civilized 
parents.  Man  imitates  from  the  time  his  senses  begin  to  develop, 
and  it  extends  beyond.  We  therefore  at  the  beginning  bring  only 
the  good  to  bear  upon  him,  or  for  every  vice  we  have  a  virtue  to 
oppose  until  the  vice  is  wiped  out.  And  thus  the  process  continues 
at  every  point.  It  is  hoped  you  understand  the  philosophy  of  the 
treatment.  Our  process  or  method  would  consequently  have  a  ten- 
dency to  continue  in  improvement  or  to  make  better  and  better,  en- 
tering station  after  station,  glory  after  glory,  until  he  may  reach  the 
highest  honors.  If  the  'Ruler'  contemplated  you  to  be  damned  for- 
ever because  you  could  not  be  perfect  in  all  things,  it  were  better 
not  to  have  been  created  man;  but  he  intended  that  all  must  rise 
higher,  but  the  advance  must  be  by  their  own  energy,  just  the  same 
as  below  mentally,  where  it  is  impossible  to  improve  the  mind  unless 
one  makes  an  effort. 

"It  is  true  religionists  tell  you  that  to  be  saved  all  that  is  neces- 
sary is  to  have  strong  faith.  But  do  you  call  it  rational  for  an 
investigating  creature  like  man  to  take  it  for  granted  because  this 
man  and  the  other  man  said  sol  If  God  gifted  man  with  reasoning 
power,  He  must  permit  him  investigation,  or  reasoning  could  not  be 
of  any  benefit.  Blind  faith  simply  signifies  worse  than  slavery. 
The  Deity  intended  man  to  be  self-sustaining,  and  all  he  has  thus 
far  accomplished  was  through  his  own  investigations  and  experi- 
ments. It  is  all  nonsense  to  caution  you  against  this  and  that,  for 
it  belongs  to  his  own  sphere;  all,  all  is  yours  if  the  giant  mind  of 
some  man  can  comprehend  it,  and  not  only  what  you  may  find  in 
your  own  world,  but  your  mind  is  at  liberty  to  soar  far  above,  re- 
volving and  traversing  bodies  millions  of  miles  away  from  your 
earth.  Superstition  has  done  a  great  deal  to  retard  the  progress  of 
nations,  and  much  undeserved  praise  and  reward  was  often  bestowed 
upon  quacks  and  charletans  who  were  forever  ready  to  exhibit  their 
dark  doings  with  the  'Bad  One,'  as  they  pretended.  Now  science 
wants  the  field  clear.  Natural  philosophy  clears  up  many  great 


26  RESUSCITATED. 

mysteries  regarding  nature,  and  lies  and  falsehoods  are  now  stamped 
into  the  gr.ound.  There  must  be  truth  in  an  assertion,  becayse  now 
investigators  are  too  many  who  have  drank  from  the  fountain  of 
nature's  laws.  When,  however,  it  comes  to  the  forces  of  the  soul, 
and  the  relation  it  bears  towards  the  body,  comparatively  little  pro- 
gress has  been  made,  and  yet  the  past  and  present  furnishes  much 
to  speculate  upon. 

PSYCHOLOGY. 

"Psychology  is  in  its  infancy  yet;  in  fact,  it  is  frequently  entirely 
ignored  by  some  of  your  learned  men,  who  entertain  a  dislike 
towards  it,  showing  their  prejudice  whenever  an  opportunity  is 
offered,  and  yet  they  are  not  enabled  to  clear  up  certain  mysteries 
with  which  almost  any  medical  practitioner  comes  in  contact  during 
a  lifetime,  yet  many  of  those  learned  and  scientific  gentlemen  ignore 
the  soul.  If  none,  why  this  craving  for  knowledge,  not  only  to 
accumulate  wealth,  but  to  comprehend  the  wise  laws  of  Nature  that 
everywhere,  to  the  thinking  human  being,  manifest  themselves.  In 
the  late  transit  of  Venus  the  accurate  calculations  of  the  ancient 
makers  of  the  Strasbourg  clock  proved  true.  These  calculations 
were  made  by  Conrad  Dasypobius  between  1571-4 — over  three  hun- 
dred years  ago.  A  few  days  before  the  transit  occurred,  visitors  to 
the  cathedral,  inspecting  the  planetarium  attached  to  the  clock, 
noticed  that  one  of  the  small  gilt  balls,  representing  Venus,  was 
gradually  moving  towards  a  point  between  the  sun  and  the  earth 
and  on  the  day  of  the  passage  the  ball  stood  exactly  between  them. 
Why  should  the  knowledge  exist  to  'create'  such  a  clock — giving  its 
due  proportion  to  both  maker  and  calculator — if  nothing  greater  was 
to  come  when  human  life  is  ended  upon  your  planet? 

"Then  there  is  another  class  that  have  sprung  up  in  this  century, 
or  within  thirty  years,  more  or  less,  who  attribute  all  this  force  to 
the  spirits  in  other  worlds.  I  will  not  go  into  this  study  deeper  at 
present,  but  may  probably  refer  to  it  once  more  before  we  part, 
when  some  points  may  be  given  to  interest  you,  although  the  bene- 
fit perhaps  all  lies  in  awakening  curiosity.  It  is  hardly  possible  the 
world  will  become  wiser  for  it.  All  you  gain  in  your  advancement 
below  and  up  here,  must  come  by  your  own  energy  alone.  Wise 
men  and  women  are  only  produced  thus,  and  perfect  spirits  must 
keep  step,  in  a  spiritual  sense,  on  the  same  principle. 

"You  may  now  view  several  more  of  the  rooms,  with  their  occu- 
pants, about  here.  In  this  one  you  find  a  group  of  twelve,  who  are 
females.  They  are  from  early  age,  up  to  almost  a  lifetime  of  one 
century.  They  are  advanced  spirits,  as  all  are  about  here,  conse- 
quently permitted,  or  in  a  spiritual  condition,  to  commingle  with 
the  other  sex;  but  this  meeting  is  devoted  principally  to  their  sex, 
and  certain  branches  of  studies  they  are  connected  with. 

"  We  will  pay  attention  to  one  more  being  of  importance  about 
here.  This  door,  as  you  perceive,  is  considerably  larger  than  others. 


IN  PRESENCE  OP  LUCIFER.  27 

It  is  the  entrance  to  a  small  hall,  seating  about  five  hundred  persons, 
in  your  world;  they  can  place  many  more  should  it  become  neces- 
sary, but  at  present  if  you  lift  the  wicket  you  will  only  find  about  that 
number  represented.  There  is  a  small  stage  or  rostrum  where  the 
master  of  ceremonies  or  president  of  the  assembly  has  his  seat.  You 
will  at  once  notice  he  is  not  one  of  them,  but  belongs  to  a  higher 
class  of  souls  or  beings.  He  is,  in  fact,  one  of  those  created  prior 
to  man,  and  not  on  your  earth.  He  belongs  to  my  species,  but  some- 
what later — a  few  hundred  years  with  us  is  but  a  trifle  as  regards 
time,  you  know.  He  acts  as  teacher  and  instructor  in  the  branch 
they  are  engaged  in  at  present,  and  the  time  they  are  kept  together 
is  about  equivalent  to  one  hour  below,  which  here  is  a  rather  brief 
time.  But  the  duties  are  so  varied  that  no  branch  on  the  onward 
march  can  be  neglected." 

We  then  continued  to  walk  another  stretch,  when  he  remarked  : 
"  We  have  now  advanced  quite  a  distance  into  the  northern  part 
of  this  palace.  I  only  selected  the  few  abodes  and  meeting  places 
to  give  you  variety,  and  opportunity  to  form  some  idea,  also  to  im- 
press upon  your  mind  to  keep  in  memory  on  your  return  below. 
You  may  rest  assured  all  the  doors  of  the  rooms  and  cells  you  passed, 
through  the  passages,  contained  soul-occupants,  and  bear  in  mind 
there  are  thousands  of  passages  radiating  in  every  direction,  about 
which  the  same  can  truthfully  be  said,  and  these  passages  extend 
for  miles  and  miles  into  the  interior.  This  vast  home  of  departed 
souls  must  necessarily  be  large  and  spacious  to  hold  generation  after 
generation  of  human  beings.  With  the  cast-off  shell  left  below,  the 
law  is  different;  nature  remolds  and  recasts  again  and  brings  forth 
new  forms.  The  atoms  which  once  formed  a  beautiful  woman  may 
be  found  next  in  a  drop  of  dew  or  an  icicle,  or  it  may  be  in  the  body 
of  a  loathsome  reptile ;  it  may  be  found  in  a  poison  plant  or  the 
most  fragrant  and  beautiful  flower.  The  whole  proceeding  is  like 
one  of  those  curious  kaleidescopes  which  by  every  shake  produces 
different  forms  of  crystalization." 

HUMAN    BODY    ASSUMING    NEW    FORM. 

'•But  is  this  really  true,  Mr.  Lucifer?"  I  inquired. 

"True,  Mr.  Smith?  Why,  Mr.  Smith,  this  little  knowledge  many 
a  school  boy  acquires  now-a-days,  but  if  you  do  not  comprehend  the 
statement  made,  I  will  explain  the  matter  more  minutely  still,"  he 
answered,  and  he  went  on  explaining  the  process  of  nature  thus : 
"If  your  body,  left  in  charge  of  your  friends  below,  is  not  reoccu- 
pied  by  the  soul,  it  must  necessarily  die  and  be  decomposed,  signify- 
ing to  disunite  the  elementary  particles  combined  by  affinity  or  at- 
traction, to  resolve  themselves  into  their  original  elements.  The 
gases  of  hydrogen  and  oxygen,  when  combined  by  being  two 
atoms  of  the  first  with  one  of  the  last  gas,  forms  water  (H  O),  and 
the  animal  as  well  as  the  human  being  contains  about  seventy-five 
per  cent,  of  water.  In  order  to  impress  upon  your  mind,  it  must  be 


28  RESUSCITATED. 

made  clear  to  you  that  according  to  the  law  of  chemistry  a  body  may 
be  destroyed;  changing  its  original  form,  and  yet  the  elements  cannot 
be  destroyed,  the  atoms  simply  change,  forming  other  or  new  com- 
pounds. Thus  if  water,  for  instance,  were  decomposed  by  electric 
action  or  otherwise,  the  gases,  or  one  of  the  gases,  according  to 
the  methods  adopted,  are  simply  separated  and  can  take  new  form. 
The  hydrogen  and  oxygen  may  combine  with  another  element,  form- 
ing a  new  compound.  In  our  case  it  is  not  even  necessary  that  the 
two  gases,  hydrogen  and  oxygen,  forming  water,  should  be  separated, 
as  there  is  an  agent  which  separates  the  water  from  the  body  direct. 
The  decomposition  also  depends  upon  the  method  adopted,  particu- 
larly the  agent  that  plays  an  important  pai't  in  forming  various 
compounds  as  the  body  is  decomposed.  If  cremation  were  adopted, 
for  instance,  the  elements  would  return  to  nature  at  once  and  pro- 
duce new  forms.  We  will  first  admit  that  a  simple  process  like 
evaporation  reduces  the  body,  dries  it  up  or  mummifies  it  to  the 
amount  of  seventy-five  per  cent.  The  water  has  evaporated,  the 
molecules  of  water,  as  vapor,  minutely  divided  and  subdivided,  are 
held  in  suspension  in  the  air.  The  copartnership  existing  which 
formerly  held  a  certain  quantity  of  water  in  one  body  has  been 
gradually  dissolved  by  slow  evaporation,  and  the  wind  and  storms 
may  have  carried  the  now  suspended  vapor  around  the  globe.  Here 
and  there,  by  the  laws  of  nature,  the  vapors  are  condensed  to  water, 
and  are  precipitated  as  rain,  snow  or  dew.  One  of  these  minute 
quantities,  emanating  from  the  destroyed  body,  may  find  its  way 
into  a  spring  arid  be  drank  by  a  human  Venus  who  rests  near  there, 
or  the  most  hideous  or  ferocious  animal  may  come  to  drink  at  the 
same  place  and  take  another  subdivided  part  of  the  liquid.  Some 
part  of  it  may  find  its  way.  to  some  plant  which  bears  luscious  fruit ; 
the  root  takes  up  the  atom  and  carries  it  through  the  trunk  and  its 
divisions  until  it  finds  its  way  into  one  of  the  luscious  fruits  which 
a  modern  Adam  plucks  to  give  to  his  Eve,  who  next  possesses  it. 
By  a  kiss  subsequently  given  by  Eve  to  Adam,  a  part  may  become 
evaporated  from  her  lips  and  in  the  breathing  process  of  Adam  the 
subdivided  atom  has  been  appropriated  and  probably  not  retained 
long,  as  your  modern  Adams  generally  are  very  gallant  and  return 
such  compliments  immediately,  particularly  if  the  Eve  bears  any 
resemblajice  to  the  first  woman  regarding  beauty.  Thus  the  atom 
may  for  a  while  fly  from  place  to  place,  like  a  bee  or  bird  of  para- 
dise from  flower  to  flower  gathering  honey.  You  can  imagine,  and 
think  out  yourself  the  changes  that  can  occur  simply  through  evap- 
oration alone.  If,  on  the  other  hand,  the  water  was  decomposed,  as 
probably  some  portion  would  be  in  cremating  the  body,  the  hydrogen 
would  have  combined  with  the  nitrogen  in  the  air,  and  by  electrical 
aid  converted  the  two  gases  into  the  gas  known  as  ammonium  which 
would  be  appropriated  by  the  precipitated  drops  in  its  passage 
through  the  air,  coming  down  with  the  rain  water.  This  rain  water 
may  next  assist  to  furnish  nutriment  to  plant  life,  the  ammonia 


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then  in  small  quantities  acting  to  the  plant  as  the  phosphates  in 
food  for  the  animal.  The  liberated  oxygen,  if  pure  as  such,  could 
immediately  be  used  again  as  in  breathing,  or  in  the  combustion  of 
fuel,  or  oxidation  in  general,  and  in  such  cases  the  product  would 
be  carbonic  acid,  which  nature  furnishes  to  the  plant  to  draw  its 
carbon  from,  aided  by  the  light  of  the  sun  (or  even  electric  light). 
In  other  words,  the  carbonic  acid  is  again  decomposed,  the  leaves  of 
the  plant  or  tree  withdrawing  the  carbon  to  store  up  for  itself  by 
the  aid  of  light.  The  oxygen  is  given  back,  the  carbon  is  in  the 
tree,  and  part  again  may  be  found  in  the  wood  or  the  sugar  of  the 
fruit  as  nature  has  willed. 

"Now  when  we  take  the  less  material,  the  earthy  matter  of  the 
body,  the  reduced  ashes,  phosphate  of  lime,  magnesia,  silica,  iron, 
etc.,  this  can  all  be  used  again  for  plant  life,  and  from  the  fruit  and 
plant,  man  and  the  animals  take  into  their  systems  the  same  ele- 
ments furnished  by  man  or  animal  first.  These  are  fixed  laws  of 
Nature,  taking  place  continually,  but  thought  of  by  few.  After 
acquiring  this  knowledge  of  man,  both  regarding  soul  and  body,  does 
it  not  seem  insipid  to  read  on  your  monuments  raised  over  your 
dead,  'Eternal  Rest.'?  Where  is  eternal  rest  to  be  found?  Ever 
moving,  ever  going,  ever  doing,  are  the  laws  of  Nature — no  absolute 
standing  still ;  and  here  you  see  this  process  is  still  continued  with 
your  soul,  and  all,  all  by  the  divine  wisdom  of  Him  who  rules  the 
universe." 

We  had  by  this  time  arrived  at  a  large  open  space,  and  Lucifer 
remarked:  "I  have  in  my  enthusiasm  overlooked  showing  you  one 
or  more  large  halls.  We  have  passed  a  door  leading  to  one  which 
has  a  seating  capacity  of  over  ten  thousand  souls.  It  is  generally 
the  case  when  I  am  enlarging  upon  the  wise  laws  of  Nature,  and  the 
higher  spiritual  laws  of  Him  from  whom  all  has  sprung,  I  am  for- 
getting my  own  station.  I  only  think  how  I  can  magnify  Him 
most  who  is  above  us  all." 

"As  you  are  intended  to  return  below,"  Lucifer  continued,  "it 
may  not  be  out  of  place  to  say  a  few  words  regarding  your  young 
nation.  We  will  select  those  seats  in  the  centre  of  this  station, 
where  we  will  have  a  better  view  of  the  surroundings  when  the  time 
arrives." 

AMERICAN   POLITICS. 

By  this  time  we  had  arrived  and  seated  ourselves,  and  he  contin- 
ued: "Your  nation  is  quite  young  yet  in  the  world's  history,  and  if 
wise  men  were  selected,  they  would  keep  clear  of  the  quicksands 
into  which  you  may  plunge,  and  where  every  effort  is  used  to  ex- 
tract yourself,  you  will  only  sink  deeper.  Older  nations  have  made 
grave  mistakes  in  their  history,  and  those  mistakes  the  historian 
noted  down  for  the  wise  to  profit  by.  The  remedy  should  be  applied 
before  the  disease  has  attacked,  or  made  its  appearance.  In  the 
countries  of  older  nations,  generally  men  are  appointed,  or  elected, 


30  RESUSCITATED. 

who  are  fitted  for  their  positions,  which,  I  am  sorry  to  say,  is  not 
always  the  case  with  you.  When  an  office  is  held  by  a  man,  he 
must  have  qualified  himself  for  the  position,  otherwise  he  will  make 
a  poor  representative.  With  you,  political  trickery,  the  love  of 
office,  and  the  almighty  lever,  money,  hoists  many  an  incapable  quack 
and  imposter  into  office,  to  which  neither  his  intelligence  nor  patri- 
otism had  any  claim. 

"This  state  of  affairs  will  continue  for  some  time  yet  in  the  newer 
States  and  Territories.  In  the  older  States  there  is  not  the  slight- 
est reason  to  elect  men  to  any  office  to  which  they  are  not  fitted. 
In  both  the  great  parties  material  may  be  found  which  would  be 
satisfactory,  as  far  as  capability  and  loyalty  are  concerned ;  but  gen- 
erally such  men  are  not  of  the  sort  who  go  about  begging  for  office, 
although  not  being  incumbered  with  more  of  worldly  goods  than 
their  neighbors,  who  have  courage,  or  'brass,'  as  you  call  it  some- 
times, but  less  ability,  or  not  any  at  all.  What's  the  difference1? 
Cannot  a  man  be  found  to  carry  out  the  real  brain  work1?  Often 
the  real  personage  of  an  office  is  a  subordinate  who  has  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  occupied  his  position,  mastering  the  situation  with  which 
he  was  intrusted.  Generally,  such  men  rise  no  higher,  although 
they  may  write  and  furnish  the  brains  for  the  speeches  of  the  so- 
called  'great  men'  who  have  climbed  the  political  ladder  round  after 
round.  Such  a  man  besides,  fills  his  purse,  while  the  really  deserv- 
ing remains  stationary.  The  tricky  and  ignorant  politician,  native 
or  foreign  born,  steps  higher,  and  grows  fat  in  wealth  with  his  fam- 
ily. The  worthy  man  is  barely  enabled  to  rear  his  family  respecta- 
bly with  the  salary  he  receives,  and  all  about  him,  in  contact  with 
such  upstarts,  he  is  made  to  feel  his  subordinate  position.  There 
is,  indeed,  a  great  deal  to  perform  by  both  of  your  great  parties  that 
rule  the  republic  at  present. 

"  There  are  several  reforms  which  have  to  be  carried  out  sooner 
or  later.  I  will  speak  plainer,  and  say  the  tolerence  of  arming  your 
ignorant  men  by  permitting  them  to  vote  upon  all  questions  I  con- 
sider wrong.  It  is  doubly  wrong,  because  your  laws  debar  those 
often  possessed  of  more  intelligence  and  property.  In  an  intelligent 
republic  like  the  United  States  of  North  America,  there  ought  not 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-two  be  over 
six  millions  of  people  who  are  unable  to  read  and  write.  Yet  every 
one  of  those  ignoramuses,  it  matters  little  be  he  native  or  foreign 
born,  if  he  has  acquired  citizenship,  can  eliminate  or  neutralize  the 
vote  of  an  intelligent  citizen  who  has  acquired  the  knowledge  re- 
garding the  question  to  be  voted  on,  while  the  other  has  learned  all 
through  hearsay.  An  American  born  man,  white,  black,  or  yellow, 
who  has  not  at  this  age  had  sufficient  ambition  to  learn  to  read  and 
write,  or  whose  parents  were  so  ignorant  and  stupid  as  to  let  their 
children  be  brought  up  without  this  necessary  education,  ought 
to  be  deprived  of  the  franchise  until  they  have  acquired  this  neces- 
sary knowledge.  The  same  may  be  applied  to  the  foreigner,  if  at 


IN    PRESENCE    OF    LUCIFER.  31 

the  end  of  five  years  he  has  not  acquired  sufficient  of  the  English 
language  to  know  at  least  how  to  read  and  what  he  is  voting  about. 
In  both  cases  there  should  be,  at  the  proper  time  or  first  permission 
to  vote,  some  examination  regarding  American  history  and  some  of 
the  principal  laws  governing  the  country.  A  man  entitled  to  vote 
ought  to  have  sufficient  intelligence  to  know  at  least  how  the  Gen- 
eral Government  and  State  is  ruled.  Such  an  examination  should 
become  a  law,  for  then  many  would  make  an  effort  to  gain  the 
requisite  knowledge. 

FEMALE    SUFFRAGE. 

"  We,  who  know  the  sexes  well  enough  to  judge  them  correctly, 
think  it  judicious  to  include  all  intelligent  females  of  proper  age. 
Many  of  those  are  even  superior  in  intelligence  to  their  fathers,  hus- 
bands, and  brothers,  having  acquired  far  better  educations,  and 
frequently  they  represent  a  large  amount  of  property  too,  which 
they  have  learned  to  manage  and  superintend,  surpassing  their  rela- 
tives or  men  generally,  whose  wives  and  daughters  they  represent. 
The  idea  held  that  woman  is  unfit  for  certain  stations,  because  she 
is  a  woman,  is  a  great  mistake.  Frequently  the  whole  management 
of  a  family  is  in  the  woman  alone,  the  husband  representing  the 
figurehead  simply.  Now  compare  this  law  or  custom,  which  allows 
an  ignorant  person,  of  no  property  perhaps,  to  vote  upon  all  ques- 
tions, while  a  woman,  naturally  fitted  from  youth  up  for  business 
and  representing  thousands  of  dollars  in  property  is  deprived  of  this 
right  in  behalf  of  her  own.  We  will  submit  one  case  in  behalf  of 
the  intelligent  female,  also  representing  property.  Say  a  lady  has 
been  well  brought  up,  receiving  an  excellent  education  in  her  youth, 
and  circumstances  compelled  her  to  take  charge  of  her  father's  prop- 
erty, he  being  an  invalid.  Being  naturally  shrewd  and  having,  in 
course  of  time,  acquired  Jbusiness  knowledge  besides,  she  learned  to 
manage  the  estate,  amounting  from  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
dollars  to  two  hundred  thousand  dollars,  as  well  as  any  business 
man  in  town  where  she  resides  and  was  born.  Then  imagine  a  cor- 
poration that  requires  four  hundred  to  five  hundred  additional  ordinary 
laborers,  which  they  employ  ;  and  in  the  meantime  the  company  asks 
certain  privileges  from  the  city  which,  however,  would  be  equivalent 
to  additional  taxation  upon  the  property  holder.  When  election 
day  arrives,  every  one  of  the  five  hundred  laborers,  not  representing 
one  dollar  in  real  estate,  and  many  of  them  unable  to  read  and  write, 
can  be  made  to  vote  and  thereby  force  that  woman  to  pay  a  large 
amount  of  taxes  which  she  knows  is  without  the  slightest  financial 
benefit  to  herself.  Here  the  intelligent  woman,  representing  a  large 
amount  of  property,  has  not  a  word  to  say  in  protecting  herself, 
while  the  ignorant  laborer,  without  a  foot  of  real  estate,  represents 
one  of  your  boasted  sovereigns.  Is  this  just  and  honest  1  Can  this 
ever  remain  thus  ?  It  is  an  easy  matter  to  vote  other  people's 
money  away  when  one  has  nothing.  In  such  cases,  a  man  repre- 


32  RESUSCITATED. 

senting  no  property  should  not  be  permitted  to  vote  when  it  is  nec- 
essary to  levy  extra  taxation,  excepting  for  school  purposes,  which 
must  ever  be  free  to  all.  The  older  nations  of  Europe  allow  a  citi- 
zen to  vote  upon  matters  concerning  the  country  at  large,  but  pre- 
vent such  a  person  from  exercising  the  same  right  in  town  matters  in 
the  town  where  he  resides,  unless  he  represents  property,  and  the 
citizens  themselves  have  given  him  permission,  or  permitted  him 
citizenship  of  the  town  also. 

DANGER    TO    THE    REPUBLIC. 

"  This  is  one  of  the  questions  of  considerable  importance,  for  upon 
the  lower  class  and  the  extremely  rich  depends  the  future  of  the 
republic.  The  danger  lies  in  the  powerful  lever — money,  which 
your  over-rich  men  may  throw  out  as  a  bait  to  accomplish  their  end. 
Considerable  has  been  said  and  written  about  the  influence  of  for- 
eigners, who  have  made  their  homes  in  your  country  in  such  large 
numbers.  It  is  feared  they  will  revolutionize  the  country.  The 
Irish  and  German  are  feared,  being  the  greater  representatives  of 
foreigners.  Inquire  of  these  people  what  brought  them  here,  and 
they  may  give  various  reasons ;  all  know,  however,  that  they  intend 
to  remain  and  make  their  home  in  your  republic,  and  although  they 
may  still  love  their  native  country,  they  would  not  favor  a  monarchy 
being  established  here,  and  would  prefer  to  shed  their  blood  against 
its  principles  if  an  attempt  be  made.  The  majority  of  both  these 
nationalities,  during  your  'brotherly  contest'  some  time  ago,  if  my 
memory  serves  me  right,  threw  their  weight  in  the  Northern  bal- 
ance of  the  scale,  which  finally  bore  down  the  Southern  brother. 
Their  blood  and  property  was  sacrificed  for  the  cause,  equal  to  the 
native  born  in  proportion  to  numbers.  Had  the  contest  been  favor- 
able to  the  Southern  brother,  which  meant  a  dismembering  of  the 
'American  Union,'  who  knows  but  some  monarch  might  now  have 
something  to  say  in  your  country. 

"  Think  not  that  a  great  nation,  whose  government  is  republican, 
and  who  has  grown  in  one  century  to  such  great  power  and  large 
proportion,  which  has  made  such  giant  strides  in  the  arts  and  indus- 
tries or  general  advancement,  and  to  whom  the  whole  civilized  world 
looks  when  its  people  feel  themselves  oppressed — think  not  that  all 
the  pretensions  of  love  and  good  will  are  the  genuine  article.  Na- 
tions, like  individuals,  will  bear  envy  and  jealousy,  and  no  individual 
yet  born  of  low  origin  and  risen  to  power  and  strength,  has  had  the 
good  fortune  or  ability  not  to  cause  these  feelings  in  those  lower  in 
rank.  Men  sprung  from  the  lowest  class,  who  have  attained  the 
highest  rank,  have  not  generally  had  their  paths  upward  strewn 
with  roses  and  other  fragrant  flowers — few  roses,  but  many  thorns. 

"There  may  be  such  profession  of  friendship  by  some  European 
nations,  whose  government  is  represented  by  a  monarchy,  but  the 
friendship  is  not  to  be  wholly  trusted,  when  judging  from  the  expe- 
rience gained  about  twenty  years  ago.  It  says  plainly,  'I  would 


IN  PRESENCE  OP  LUCIFBR.  33 

like  to  have  you  low-born  churl  out  of  the  way,  but  your  great 
strength  hinders  me  from  having  you  humiliated  and  vanquished.' 
This  is  about  the  love  some  monarchs  of  Europe  entertain  for  you 
at  present,  have  in  the  past,  and  will  in  the  future. 

"As  far  as  the  safety  of  the  Republic  is  concerned  within,  the 
rich  directly  bear  against  it.  When  a  man  from  the  lower  ranks 
has  acquired  his  millions,  of  course  always  by  honest  means,  for  you 
punish  all  wrong  doings,  as  your  penitentiaries  show,  where  you  put 
all  such  men  who  pilfer,  steal,  rob  and  sometimes  murder,  if  they  have 
no  friends  and  no  'almighty  dollars'  about  them  to  assist  them  in 
procuring  HONEST  counselors,  who  interest  themselves  in  the  justice 
of  the  case  with  which  they  are  charged.  If  the  man  with  millions 
should  make  any  of  the  above  mistakes,  he  would  probably  find  a 
way  which  would  not  compel  him  to  reside  behind  iron  doors  with 
big  locks  and  bolts  attached,  as  auxiliary  safety  charms. 

"Now  your  aristocracy  is  not  of  noble  birth,  cannot  date  back 
and  point  to  its  illustrious  ancestors  fighting  in  a  thousand  battles, 
or  having  made  so  many  thousand  mortals  happy  or  miserable. 
What  do  they  care  about  their  ancestors  and  their  names'?  Is  it 
not  known  that  they  are  frequently  ashamed  of  the  very  name 
which  became  attached  to  them  at  their  birth,  and  have  they  not 
frequently  changed  their  names  or  modernized  them1?  If  some  blue 
blood,  however,  ever  flowed  in  the  veins  of  their  forefathers,  the 
world  will  probably  be  made  aware  of  it.  But  that  is  human  na- 
ture. This  is  not  launched  at  your  nation  alone — the  thing  is  gen- 
eral enough  below,  to  claim  rich  and  influential  relatives.  The  old 
gentleman,  once  Prime  Minister  of  France,  and  who  receives 
his  training  here  at  present,  might  give  you  some  information  on 
the  subject;  and  in  your  country,  where  they  are  more  grateful, 
the  elevated  ones  make  all  their  relatives  happy  by  apportioning 
some  lucrative  office,  according  to  the  love  they  bear  them  or  the 
service  rendered.  So  we  are  informed. 

"Generally  your  'money-bag,'  also  often  termed  'self -made  man,' 
cares  neither  for  ancesters  or  the  past.  He  points  with  pride  to  his 
millions  of  accumulated  wealth.  He  is  shrewd  enough  to  have 
learned  that  even  the  bluest  of  the  blue  blood  of  the  noblest  and 
most  illustrious  houses  of  Europe  also  bow  down  (they  often  must) 
to  worship  the  golden  calf,  or  probably  the  golden  bull.  If  the  self 
made  man,  oftener  the  wife  and  daughters  of  the  -self-made  man, 
visit  Europe,  they  will,  when  they  become  known  in  the  various 
countries  they  visit,  everywhere  attract  the  younger  and  stronger 
sex  of  the  blue-blood  society,  who  (ind  themselves  attracted  to  your 
republican  daughters  (despite  their  low  origin),  as  flies  are  attracted 
by  honey  and  sweetmeats.  In  short,  the  high-born  noble  of  Europe 
makes  love  to  the  plain  republican  daughter  and  the  expected  por- 
tion of  money-bags,  and  as  the  daughter  of  the  'self-made  man'  has 
been  brought  up  according  to  aristocratic  principles,  she  desires  to 
soar  in  that  sphere,  and  now  the  opportunity  is  offered  and  aocepted 


34  RESUSCITATED. 

too.  One  offers  at  the  shrine  of  love  an  ancestry  of  one  thousand 
years,  with  all  its  honors — principally  in  the  past.  The  income 
must  be  drawn  from  the  Jews  who  have  long  ago  taken  possession 
of  all  family  estates.  The  other  offers  her  beauty,  American  prin- 
ciples, and  what  old  'self-made  man'  is  made  to  disgorge  of  his 
wealth,  and  then  the  happiness  of  married  life  begins.  The  ambi- 
tious daughter,  and  mother-in-law  even,  may  find  themselves  in  the 
holy  of  hqjies,  and  glory  of  glories,  by  being  permitted  to  kiss  the 
hand  of  some  royal  personage  or  be  honored  by  breathing  the  at- 
mosphere in  close  proximity  to  them,  at  some  noted  royal  gathering, 
If  the  young  American  noblese  is  handsome  and  clever,  as  most  of 
them  are,  she  may  even  have  bestowed  upon  her  some  nattering 
remarks  about  her  nation  and  herself. 

COMING   NOBILITY. 

"Impress  this  upon  your  mind,  Mr.  Smith.  Reflect;  look  into 
the  future;  what  does  this  prophesy?  Why  must  this  rich  woman 
of  low  origin,  reared  in  a  republican  country,  attach  herself  and 
relatives  to  the  house  of  a  noble  family  residing  in  a  monarchy? 
Are  there  not  handsome,  well  educated  and  wealthy  young  men  in 
your  own  country,  frequently  too  with  more  vigor  and  energy  than 
the  scion  of  a  defunct  nobility? 

"Then  there  is  another  straw  showing  from  what  direction  the 
wind  blows.  Why  is  it  there  is  such  inordinate  love  for  titles? 
Why  does  the  barber  who  draws  a  tooth  want  to  be  called  a  doctor 
in  a  short  time?  or  the  ordinary  dentist  almost  feels  himself  insulted 
if  doctor  was  not  prefaced  to  his  name?  The  druggist,  who  proba- 
bly cannot  inform  you  how  many  per  cent,  of  copper  or  iron  there 
is  in  sulphate  of  iron  and  copper;  or  has  acquired  the  knowledge  to 
write  their  chemical  formulas,  wants  the  name  of  doctor  applied 
also.  The  Captain  of  the  chain-gang,  after  his  office  has  expired,  is 
a  Captain  still;  the  Judge  forever  remains  a  Judge,  even  if  he  only 
occupied  the  position  in  the  lowest  Court.  The  country  is  over- 
stocked with  Professors,  Majors,  Colonels  and  Generals,  some  of 
whom  cannot  lay  the  slightest  claim  to  the  titles  applied.  Then 
gentleman  and  lady  are  so  frequently  applied  that  it  threatens  to 
push  the  honest  names  of  man  and  woman  out  of  the  way.  A  man 
may  register  his  name  at  the  hotel  he  stops  at  as  John  Brown  and 
lady,  but  wife  would  be  more  honest,  for  the  lady  is  often  a  little 
doubtful,  while  the  true  woman  is  not.  I  might  enlarge  upon  the 
subjoct,  but  there  are  other  matters  to  speak  about 

"Where  then  is  all  the  boasted  love  of  republicanism?  Do  not 
the  signs  of  the  time  already  point  to  a  favored  class  who  would 
like  to  rule  over  others  ? 

"  It  there  is  no  danger  at  present,  the  time  will  come  when  a 
man  in  possession  of  fifty  to  sixty  millions  of  dollars  will 
or  may  be  looked  upon  with  suspicion.  The  extremes  may  join 
hands,  for  a  man  possessing  such  wealth  wields  a  mighty  power  if 


IN    PRESENCE   OP    LUCIFER.  35 

the  times  are  favorable,  and  as  most  people  of  your  country  hold 
money  in  the  highest  estimation,  and  are  under  the  impression  that 
it  causes  the  greatest  imaginable  happiness  on  earth,  it  would  be 
strange  if  patriotism  could  not  be  sacrificed  for  money  and  promises 
in  the  distant  future.  There  lurks,  then,  a  greater  danger  than  your 
foreign-born  citizen." 

"  But,  Mr.  Lucifer,  what  can  be  done  to  prevent  people  from  be- 
coming wealthy  ?  It  is  a  right  which  every  civilized  nation  allows 
its  inhabitants  for  energy,  brains,  or  foresight,  and  sometimes  it  is 
said  good  luck  has  something  to  do  in  the  accumulation  of  wealth," 
I  inquired.  He  answered  : 

GREAT    WEALTH    TO    BENEFIT    THE    LOWER    CLASSES. 

"  I  would  suggest  not  to  hinder  them,  if  it  has  become  a  passion 
with  them  like  the  gambler.  Men  who  have  accumulated  in  a  short 
space  of  time,  by  speculation,  forty  millions  to  fifty  millions  of  dol- 
lars are  open  to  some  eccentricities,  to  say  the  least.  But  they  love 
the  life  they  have  become  accustomed  to,  and  have  learned  how  to 
make  ventures  turn  out  profitable,  while  nine  hundred  and  ninety- 
nine  men  do  not  or  cannot,  owing  to  the  want  of  money  and  ac- 
quired knowledge.  When  a  man  is  in  possession  of  say  from  three 
millions  to  ten  millions  of  dollars,  his  confidence  in  himself  ought  to 
be  strong  enough  to  keep  himself  out  of  the  poor-house.  He  ought  to 
be  in  a  financial  position  to  think  himself  enabled  to  live  respectably. 
If  he  is  not  satisfied  and  desires  more,  let  his  income  be  taxed  ac- 
cordingly. The  greater  the  wealth  and  income,  the  greater  the  taxes 
after  the  boundary  line  is  reached.  The  man  can  therefore  gratify 
his  desires,  but  pays  accordingly,  and  his  wealth  then  is  trimmed 
down  to  a  normal  state.  Speculation  now  carried  on  in  the  world 
does  not  always  create.  Many  men  have  become  rich  out  of  enter- 
prises which  had  no  money  value  at  all,  at  the  beginning  nor  end. 
Tell  me  where  the  benefit  lies  when  the  workers  in  your  factories,  of 
both  sexes,  invest  in  such  enterprises  1  A  thing  that  has  no  value 
and  out  of  which  no  value  can  be  worked,  squeezed,  pressed,  or 
hammered  by  the  aid  of  fire,  water,  and  dynamite,  cannot  bring  a 
profit  in  the  end  excepting  to  those  who  launch  the  fraudulent  en- 
terprise. If  men  can  be  permitted  by  a  government  to  withdraw 
money  in  this  manner,  which  is  earned  by  the  sweat  of  the  brow  or 
by  industry,  it  is  fair  and  just  that  a  portion  be  returned  to  those 
whose  failures,  hopes  and  expectations  they  have  wrought. 

"  I  would  take  this  money  thus  gained  and  use  it  for  the  benefit  of 
the  working  class  and  the  nation,  but  principally  for  educational 
purposes,  and  to  a  certain  extent,  charity  too.  Let  your  technical 
schools  and  similar  institutions  spring  up  all  over  the  land,  where 
your  young  of  both  sexes  will  learn  how  to  earn  a  respectable  living. 
Let  the  trades  be  taught,  arts,  cookery,  lace-making,  carving,  and 
hundreds  of  similar  occupations.  Give  free  admission  to  all  colors 
and  religions,  not  even  keeping  your  Indian  from  acquiring  a  little 


36  RESUSCITATED. 

knowledge  to  preserve  his  race.  A  portion  of  this  money  could  also 
be  devoted  to  the  advancement  of  the  Indians.  The  Indians  must 
be  treated  as  children ;  they  must  be  treated  honestly  and  be  taught 
to  make  themselves  self-sustaining,  otherwise  it  might  be  more  char- 
itable to  fence  them  in  and  have  your  Gattling  guns  to  play  upon 
them,  as  the  fireman  does  at  a  fire  with  his  machine;  one  has  a  ten- 
dency to  put  out  a  fire  and  the  other  the  lives,  and  that  would  be 
more  charitable  than  to  have  them  die  by  the  aid  of  lightning 
whisky,  starvation,  and  your  free  white  American  citizens  of  the 
'  Far  West.'  Those  Indians  who  cannot  be  civilized  must  be  made 
to  understand  that  murdering  any  of  their  own  race  or  the  whites 
cannot  be  tolerated  and  must  be  punished  by  death.  If  they  con- 
tinue their  warfare,  as  in  some  territories  of  the  Pacific  States,  they 
must  be  treated  as  such  human  beings  deserve,  and  this  is  death.  It 
would,  however,  be  a  difficult  matter  to  keep  your  average  Christian 
from  a  scalping  tour  about  the  time  his  mother,  wife,  and  children 
have  been  murdered,  and  this  has  occurred  not  a  few  times,  to  the 
Indians,  in  the  history  of  the  American  people  who  speak  two  sep- 
arate languages.  The  relative  of  the  Indian  may  be  of  no 
consequence,  but  he  takes  revenge,  sacrificing  life  ten  fold 
for  the  act  inflicted  upon  him  by  the  white  race.  Before  judg- 
ment is  passed  upon  another,  reflect  what  you  would  have 
done  if  situated  thus  and  thus,  and  always  consider  that  your 
race  is  called  civilized,  and  that  you  are  noble  Caucasians. 
But  your  noble  Caucasian  has  quite  a  number  of  times  acted  no  bet- 
ter than  the  savage,  and  not  a  few  times  acted  as  a  leader  in  a  great 
carnage.  I  must  not,  however,  be  carried  away  by  the  Indian 
question. 

"With  this  money  the  unfortunates  could  be  aided — the  convict, 
the  girl  who  has  fallen,  and  the  drunkard.  Rewards  could  be  given 
to  worthy  persons  who  have  saved  lives  and  property  on  water  and 
land,  frequently  sacrificing  their  own  lives,  and  taking  away  the 
support  of  a  whole  family,  or  of  the  young  and  aged. 

"Almost  every  country  has  shown  some  favor  to  those  who  have 
saved  lives — some  reward,  some  medal,  or  recognition  by  the  gov- 
ernment has  been  given — but  with  you  the  whole  is  left  to  private 
parties.  Only  of  late  has  some  attempt  been  made  to  reward  such 
people,  but  it  is  not  sufficient.  The  man  who,  at  the  risk  of  his  own 
life,  saves  a  railroad  train,  with  all  its  living  freight,  from  destruc- 
tion, is  certainly  worthy  to  be  recognized,  not  only  by  the  company 
who  employs  him,  but  also  by  the  Government  of  the  United  States. 
Such  recognition  need  not  necessarily  be  very  expensive,  but  when 
life  is  sacrificed  in  the  attempt  to  save  other  lives,  both  the  company 
and  the  government  ought  to  show  some  recognition  to  the  living,  if 
in  poverty;  or  to  a  wife  and  children,  or  such  relatives  as  depend 
upon  him  for  support. 

"These  are  only  a  few  of  the  benefits  to  which  this  money  could 
be  applied,  but  the  uses  would  be  many  for  such  purposes. 


IN    PRESENCE   OF   LUCIFER.  37 

"The  money  should  never  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  paying  off 
the  debts  of  the  government,  a  State,  or  for  any  political  or  relig- 
ious purposes  of  any  party  or  sect.  There  must  be  no  distinction 
between  white  and  black,  Jew  or  Christian,  Democrat  or  Republi- 
can, rich  or  poor,  foreign  born  or  native;  the  benefits  should  be 
meted  out  alike,  and  I  assure  you  the  income  to  the  nation  would 
more  than  balance  the  outlay  of  the  rich  man,  who  can  well  afford 
to  part  with  it  without  any  injury  to  himself. 

Thousands  of  young  men  and  women  would  thus  be  brought  up  to 
some  industry  which  would  enable  them  to  make  a  living,  and  there- 
by be  kept  from  doing  harm  to  themselves  and  others.  Idlers  must 
live,  as  well  as  those  employed,  but  having  no  occupation,  they  are 
compelled  to  choose  dishonest  pursuits,  which  eventually  will  place 
them  somewhere  to  be  put  under  lock  and  key,  and  in  this,  as  in 
nearly  all  cases,  it  signifies  increase  of  taxation,  or  support,  by  the 
producing  classes. 

STRIKES. 

"I  am  aware  tbat  the  doctrine  is  called  socialistic,  but  you  will 
remember  my  idea  is  that  both  the  rich  and  poor  wield  too  great  a 
power,  which  must  be  pruned  down  if  you  want  to  keep  the  tree  of 
State  in  proper  shape.  There  is,  indeed,  a  great  deal  which  requires 
regulation ;  for  instance,  spasmodical  disturbances'  and  strikes  have  a 
tendency  to  cause  great  losses.  It  causes  uncertainty,  loss  of  confi- 
dence, and  places  those  who  rely  upon  their  wages  from  week  to 
week,  in  a  worse  condition,  by  the  stoppage  of  work.  The  poor  man 
cannot  remain  idle  long,  with  his  family  depending  upon  his  labor, 
while  the  capitalist,  despite  the  losses  he  sustains,  need  not  person- 
ally suffer. 

"  Should  a  strike  be  entertained,  there  ought  to  be  previous  nego- 
tiations, and  Vorkmen  employed  on  public  highways  ought  not  to  be 
permitted  to  strike  unless  giving  one  or  two  weeks'  notice.  In  the 
meantime  the  whole  trouble  might  be  amicably  settled  by  arbitration 
of  trusted  and  honost  men  of  both  sides. 

"If  men  who  are  employed  by  railroads  to  move  trains,  or  by  a 
regular  line  of  steamers,  or  gas  and  water  works,  and  similar  public 
institutions  necessary  to  a  whole  city  or  community,  are  permitted, 
without  notice,  to  go  on  a  strike  for  higher  wages  at  any  moment,  it 
may  be  the  cause  of  more  extensive  outbreaks.  Working  people  do 
not,  in  all  cases,  fully  investigate,  but  rely  upon  others  to  do  their 
thinking,  and  those  who  think  for  them  are  often  found  impracticable 
by  entertaining  socialistic  views ;  or  even  worse,  are  dishonest,  or  have 
little  revenges  to  carry  out  concerning  themselves  and  employers 
alone. 

"Sometimes  these  strikes  are  organized  when  there  is  not.  the 
slightest  hope  of  success,  simply  because  there  is  no  urgent  demand 
for  the  laborer,  who  can  easily  be  substituted  by  another  only  too 
glad  to  take  his  place.  The  profits,  too,  sometimes  are  so  small  that 


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38  RESUSCITATED. 

the  manufacturer  makes  barely  both  ends  meet,  or  is  storing  up 
goods  for  better  times.  Then  some  would-be  smart  man,  who  desires 
to  swing  himself  into  a  political  position,  causes  his  comrades  to  be 
dissatisfied,  and  they  strike.  They  strike,  of  course,  in  the  wrong 
time,  and  must  become  the  main  sufferers.  There  is  a  law  which 
controls  this,  as  well  as  other  things.  When  there  is  a  demand  for 
laborers,  then  everywhere  extra  labor  is  demanded;  but  when  work 
is  not  in  demand,  discharges  are  made,  and  if  some  fools  then  organ- 
ize a  strike,  then  you  may  look  to  see  not  a  few  financially  used  up, 
as  is  always  the  case.  The  consequence  is,  instead  of  these  people 
causing  times  to  improve,  they  only  make  everything  about  them 
appear  more  discouraging  and  unhappy. 

"You  must  have  laws  to  regulate  these  periodical  disturbances, 
frequently  causing  great  loss,  in  a  commercial  point  of  view,  as  well 
as  the  loss  sustained  by  the  contracting  parties  (employer  and  em- 
ployee), besides  the  inconvenience  it  causes,  and  not  unfrequently 
crimes,  too,  are  committed;  therefore  the  government  and  every 
State  ought  to  make  efforts  to  have  laws  enacted  having  a  tendency 
to  protect  not  only  the  workingman,  but  the  employer,  too,  who  is 
generally  made  responsible  to  tbe  public  in  not  fulfilling  contracts 
entered  into. 

TREATMENT    OF    INEBRIATES. 

"On  the  temperance  question  I  have  already  given  my  opinion, 
viz:  that  drunkards  be  confined  in  asylums  erected  to  cure  this  vice 
or  infirmity.  The  money  used  for  this  purpose,  if  not  taken  from 
the  State's  resources,  should  be  apportioned  from  the  surplus  income 
of  the  wealthy  by  the  government,  as  in  such  undertakings  every 
State  must  keep  step  with  the  advancement  made.  If  this  is  not 
practicable,  it  is  still  cheaper  for  the  State  to  take  care  of  your 
drunkards,  and  the  necessary  funds  must  be  applied,  as  for  the  in- 
sane. Opium  eaters  must  share  the  same  fate. 

"Previous  to  this,  enforce  your  laws  already  made;  tax  those  who 
sell  intoxicating  liquors  higher;  make  them  responsible  when  they 
sell  to  a  known  drunkard,  or  to  a  child,  in  the  same  manner  as  you 
do  when  liquors  are  sold  to  Indians. 

"The  boys,  in  general,  enjoy  too  much  liberty  in  places  where 
alcoholic  drinks  are  sold,  and  those  who  violate  the  laws  by  selling 
liquors  to  boys  under  age,  and  are  convicted  several  times,  ought  to 
have  their  licenses  taken  away  forever  in  that  Stata 

EFFECTS    OF    TREATING. 

"Another  great  assistant  to  your  drunkenness  is  the  so-called 
'  treating,'  or  of  one  man  paying  the  whole  bill.  This  custom  is  to 
a  certain  extent  also  carried  on  in  England,  but  in  no  country 
is  it  carried  on  so  extensively  as  it  is  in  the  United  States, 
and  particularly  in  the  West.  The  foreigners  of  all  classes  have  a 
sort  of  instinct  for  it,  as  a  duckling  that  naturally  is  attracted  to 


IN  PRESENCE  OF  LUCIFER.  *    39 

the  water,  despite  all  the  coaxing  of  the  foster-mother  hen  to  keep 
it  on  terra  fir  ma.  So  on  the  arrival  of  these  foreigners,  it  requires 
little  or  no  instruction  to  make  them  unclerstad  '  boys,  take  a  drink.' 
The  custom  is  irrational,  causing  men  to  drink  frequently  a  great 
deal  more  than  intended,  and  then  by  all  that  is  not  always  a  finan- 
cial benefit  to  the  dispenser  of  the  liquids.  If  five  men  meet  at  a 
bar  and  take  five  drinks,  each  showing  or  wanting  to  show  his  lib- 
erality, or  pay  back  the  debt  of  hospitality  so  to  say,  there  might  be 
no  danger,  or  if  the  whole  number  were  used  to  take  five  drinks  in 
short  succession  without  even  sitting  down.  But  several  may  al- 
ready feel  the  effects  of  the  second  or  third  drink,  and  by  the  time 
the  fifth  round  is  set  up  by  the  artist  behind  the  bar,  they  are  so 
jolly  that  they  feel  like  treating  all  around  several  times  in  succes- 
sion, spending  often  money  that  should  go  to  the  family  not  in  over- 
easy  circumstances,  but  now  expended  only  to  cause  injury  to  the 
dispenser  and  the  four  companions  too.  If  treating  had  not  been 
resorted  to,  some  of  these  men  would  have  taken,  in  the  time 
they  had  been  joined,  say  sitting  down  leisurely,  from  two  to  five 
glasses,  according  to  their  habits  and  constitutions.  All  would  have 
met  their  wives  and  children  in  a  sober  condition,  while  by  the 
practice  of  this  pernicious  treating  custom  they  return  without 
money  and  very  little  brains  not  in  possession  of  King  Alcohol  It 
will  be  very  difficult  to  break  up  this  much  spread  custom  which, 
on  closer  investigation,  has  caused  incalculable  injury.  No  laws  can 
be  enacted,  as  it  is  a  voluntary  affair,  but  if  the  habit  could  be 
broken  up  many  families  in  the  future  would  be  spared  misery  and 
want.  There  is  more  in  such  habits  than  some  people  imagine. 
Beyond  the  sea,  in  France,  Germany,  Austria,  and  other  countries, 
this  custom  has  no  foothold.  The  gentleman  or  gentlemen  you  are 
engaged  in  conversation  with,  sitting  at  some  table,  would  not  feel 
themselves  flattered  if  you  wanted  to  show  your  liberal  American 
qualities  by  paying  for  the  company  for  one  round,  rushing  down 
the  liquids  in  opposition  to  their  inclinations,  and  then  expecting 
for  the  next  to  pay.  The  whole  thing  might  be  looked  upon  as  an 
insult,  and  is  not  expected  or  wanted,  and  besides  there  are  financial 
reasons  also  with  not  a  few. 

"There  are  several  reasons  why  Europeans,  particularly  the  Ger- 
mans, who  drink  mostly  beer,  are  not  often  seen  inebriated  in  their 
own  country,  and  they  are :  Strong  alcoholic  beverages  are  very 
seldom  used,  and  only  in  minute  quantities  as  appetizers.  Wine, 
but  mostly  beer,  is  drank,  and  in  all  those  places  the  opposite  sex — 
the  wife,  mother,  sister,  and  sweetheart — -are  not  banished,  but  have 
free  access  with  their  male  companions.  It  is  obvious  wherever 
your  mother,  wife,  and  sister  can  be  taken,  it  is  supposed  that  the 
male  species  will  show  some  respect  to  the  sex,  as  well  as  themselves 
too.  Then  a  reasonable  time  is  given  for  each  to  drink,  depending 
on  appetite  and  condition  of  the  purse ;  and  besides  in  all  these 
places  eating  as  well  as  drinking  is  indulged  in,  and  other  beverages 


40  RESUSCITATED. 

can  be  partaken  of,  as  tea,  coffee,  chocolate,  etc.  These  are  causes 
studied  by  us  tolerably  well  during  our  periodical  visits  over  your 
little  world,"  said  Lucifer,  "and  if  they  could  be  introduced  to  your 
nation  the  benefits  would  be  manifested  soon. 

There  has  been  considerable  written  and  talked  about  this  tem- 
perance question,  but  thus  far  your  people  still  consume  so  many 
million  gallons  of  alcoholic  and  strong  liquors,  some  of  it  so  strong  too 
that  it  kills  many  in  the  outskirts  of  civilization,  and  it  makes  too, 
annually,  many  docile  Indians,  who  were  sent  to  their  happy  hunt- 
ing grounds  a  little  before  their  time.  But  all  the  fanaticism  has 
not  helped  the  matter  much,  or  no  more  than  a  human  being  is  pre- 
vented if  he  or  she  is  intending  to  commit  suicide.  If  poison  is 
used,  the  person  is  aware  it  kills,  so  if  the  razor  is  sharp  it  will  cut 
the  throat,  the  daggc  r  well  pointed  and  guided  will  enter  the  heart, 
and  so  many  glasses  strong  liquor  not  needed  will  make  drunk,  and 
frequent  indulgences  of  that  sort  will  cause  death  or  worse  than  in- 
sanity. All  this  is  well  known  previously,  but  God  gave  you  reason 
to  use  all  these  things  for  some  purpose,  but  it  must  be  judiciously 
and  moderately  applied.  So  many  glasses  good  wine  will  make  your 
heart  glad  and  have  it  forget  the  cares  of  life,  and  so  many  more 
glasses  will  make  a  fool  of  you  by  making  your  bed  under  the  table. 
Your  reason  ought  to  be  in  a  condition  to  judge  the  best,  but  if  you 
persist  in  making  a  fool  of  yourself  you  must  be  put  where  no  wine 
is  to  be  had.  and  the  strong  arm  of  the  law  ought  to  do  its  duty. 
The  causes  and  remedies  have  been  pointed  out,  but  the  total  ab- 
staining from  spirituous  liquors  will  not  be  carried  out  for  some  time 
to  come.  Take  the  temperate  view  of  it — learn  to  control  yourself 
or  abstain  from  it  if  preferable,  but  don't  try  to  exercise  a  right  to 
prevent  others  who  are  sober  from  using  that  which  they  have 
learned  to  use  in  a  proper  way. 

"I  am  quite  aware  of  the  great  injury  the  habit  of  using  strong 
drink  has  caused,  and  few  countries  have  suffered  more  than  the 
United  States  of  North  America,  but  the  remedy  lies  in  their  hands. 
'  The-must-not-and-shall-not-drink-policy,'  in  a  Republic  like  yours, 
will  never  accomplish  its  end.  Reason  must  dictate  to  every  indi- 
vidual, and  where  it  does  not,  confine  diseased  reason  and  individual 
too,  until  the  intellect  is  restored,  or  has  been  taught  the  virtue  of 
sobriety. 

About  this  time  I  was  somewhat  annoyed,  owing  to  the  continu- 
.  ous   attacks   on   the   American   people,   and   incidentally  yawned. 
Thinking  some  remarks  of  politeness  were  necessary  for  this  breach 
of  good  breeding,  I  remarked,   "how  quiet  it  is  here." 

He  answered:  "It  is  less  quiet  than  you  imagine.  Could  your 
semi-human  senses,  particularly  sight  and  hearing,  be  advanced  to 
the  beings  that  surround  us,  you  would  wonder,  and  be  delighted  to 
the  highest  degree  at  what  your  eyes  would  behold." 

"Gould  you  not,  by  the  aid  of  your  power,  render  my  senses  more 
sensitive,  in  order  to  gratify  me1?"  I  asked. 


IN  PRESENCE  OF  LUCIFER.  41 

"I  admit,"  he  answered,  "to  possees  that  power,  but  dare  not  vi- 
olate the  laws  and  rules  without  permission  from  higher  quarters." 

"Then  please,  worthy  Mr.  Lucifer,  gain  me,  through  your  great 
influsiice  that  permission,"  I  further  begged.  He  stood  reflecting, 
then  as  if  communicating  with  some  one,  although  no  being  was 
visible,  and  finally  said: 

A   VISION    OF    HIGHER   SPIRITS. 

"Your  request  has  been  granted,  but  it  is  owing  to  your  not  be- 
longing here  yet,  and  of  probably  causing  some  good  below.  If  you 
really  were  an  occupant  of  the  classes  you  have  thus  far  seen,  it 
could  not  be  carried  out.  Every  soul  of  a  human  being 'who  enjoys 
what  the  higher  elevated  souls  enjoy  that  surround  us,  must  have 
attained  the  privilege,  been  educated  or  advanced  to  the  standard 
they  are  entitled  to,  and  when  they  have  by  their  energy  acquired 
the  right,  they  appear  as  beings  of  higher  spheres,  with  all  the  ac- 
companying qualifications.  The  latter  may  be  judged  from  your 
world  below.  For  instance,  a  perfectly  ignorant  person  who  could 
neither  read  nor  write,  and  did  not  enjoy  a  civilized  life,  may  gener- 
ally be  picked  from  a  number  of  smart  lawyers,  intelligent  doctors 
and  university  professors.  It  would  be  strange  indeed  if  his  intel- 
lectual physiognomy  would  eclipse  the  others  in  apparent  wisdom. 
Now  what  is  it  but  the  soul,  through  knowledge,  that  shines  forth? 
After  the  soul  has  advanced  thus  far  it  may  be  left,  so  to  say,  like 
the  infant  when  strong  enough  to  walk  alone,  although  it  yet  wants 
to  be  guided  occasionally  when  traversing  difficult  and  dangerous 
places.  It  may  be  compared  to  your  scientific  student,  who  has  ac- 
quired requisite  knowledge  in  the  use  of  the  microscope,  telescope 
and  spectroscope,  or  similar  instrument.  If  he  has  acquired  the 
necessary  knowledge  in  the  use  of  the  instruments,  he  can  act  inde- 
pendent of  the  teacher,  or  exercise  self-judgment.  Let  the  unin- 
formed or  ignorant  look  through  these  instruments  and  their  eyes 
will  be  wanting  in  the  observations;  i.  e.,  many  things  will  not  be 
observed  at  all,  and  yet  their  sight  may  surpass  that  of  the  student. 
If,  then,  the  soul  is  as  far  advanced,  its  faculties  are  armed — can 
penetrate.  It  knows  why  this  and  that  is  thus  and  thus  on  the 
world  below,  and  here  also. 

"God  everywhere  has  placed  barriers  which  cannot  be  over- 
stepped. Sometimes,  but  very  seldom,  visions  are  obtained;  or  in- 
stances occur  where  the  soul  of  man  appears  to  have  exercised  more 
than  what  is  on  an  average  allowed  to  man.  He  meant  you  simply 
to  occupy  the  sphere  assigned  to  human  beings.  The  greatest  or 
most  famous  astronomer  is  but  little  removed  from  the  lowest  type 
of  a  savage  when  it  concerns  the  knowledge  that  concerns  the  soul 
alone;  and  thus  it  shall  ever  be,  although  upon  all  physical  science 
you  will  continue  to  advance  as  heretofore,  and  more  rapidly  still. 
It  is  similar  to  the  animals.  You  train  dogs,  horses,  elephants, 
birds,  and  other  animals,  down  to  insects,  to  perform  acts  like  hu- 


42  RESUSCITATED. 

man  beings.  Many  of  these  animals  have  frequently  become  more 
gifted  by  the  training  than  the  same  animals  not  trained,  but  the 
animal  has  not  changed  its  shape  or  general  character,  but  the  horse, 
dog  and  elephant  still  represent  those  species.  It  has  not  learned  to 
reason  on  the  higher  standard  of  the  human  being;  and  just  so  will 
your  most  learned  philosopher  represent  but  a  man  after  all,  and 
can  only  look  into  the  mysteries  he  was  desirous  to  fathom  when  the 
outer  shell  of  man  has  been  thrust  aside  as  useless  material  that  has 
served  its  time.  But  even  after  death  the  advancement  is  slow  at 
first,  because  the  soul  still  feels  itself  annexed  to  the  body,  and  can- 
not at  once  throw  off  the  influence  the  body  had  exercised  over  it 
during  a  lifetime.  These  are  the  great  difficulties  at  the  beginning. 
The  habits  or  passions  acquired  cannot,  at  one  sweep  of  the  will,  be 
eliminated,  but  as  long  as  they  remain  they  must  necessarily  retard 
the  spirit's  progress." 

"Now  you  shall  wonder,  Mr.  Smith,"  he  said,  as  his  tall,  well- 
proportioned  form,  the  figure  of  an  Apollo,  stood  before  me.  He 
stretched  out  the  fingers  of  both  of  his  hands  downward,  so  that  the 
ends  of  the  fingers  gently  touched  my  closed  eyelids,  and  commanded 
me  to  look,  saying,  "Behold!"  As  rapid  as  the  spark  of  electricity, 
or  the  flash  of  lightning,  there  appeared  all  around  us  on  the  enam- 
eled and  beautifully  ornamented  floor,  as  well  as  under  the  immense 
crystallic  roof  of  the  place,  beautiful  human-shaped  beings.  They 
were  mostly  different  from  what  I  had  previously  seen.  There  ap- 
peared to  be  several  gradations,  but  mostly  of  a  higher  order. 

These  spirits  had  the  power,  when  they  were  hemmed  in,  to  walk 
right  through  each  other,  without  causing  any  change.  This  was 
apparent  in  the  air,  on  the  floor,  and  all  around.  The  scene  was  like 
a  vast  aquarium  peopled  with  beautiful  spiritualized  human  boings. 
The  five  races  of  man,  of  both  sexes,  old  and  young,  were  repre- 
sented, and  generally  there  were  small  groups  of  the  higher  and 
lower  orders  found  together  in  conversation,  and  upon  all  counte- 
nances, great  celestial  joy  was  visible,  similar  to  a  friend  having 
found  another  friend,  or  relative,  whom  he  had  not  met  for  many 
years. 

During  the  time  my  sense  of  sight  was  feasting,  the  aural  organs 
took  in  a  sweet,  murmuring,  musical  sound,  emanating  from  thou- 
sands of  beings.  As  all  living  creatures  in  great  numbers  will  pro- 
duce a  characteristic  sound,  just  so  these  beings  caused  a  peculiar 
sound,  which  was  most  agreeable  to  the  organs  of  my  hearing. 

When,  at  last,  my  astonishment  and  delight  had  partially  been 
gratified,  I  made  bold  to  ask  Lucifer  about  the  nature  of  this  great 
meeting  of  so  many  souls,  all  feeling  so  joyful. 

"These  spirits/'  he  began,  "are  mostly  of  a  higher  order  than  those 
you  have  thus  far  seen,  but  your  sight  has  informed  you  of  the  gra- 
dation. The  lower  order  are  under  our  dominion,  while  those  of  a 
higher  order  are  from  beyond.  In  order  to  afford  you  a  clearer  in- 
sight into  the  method  of  entering  on  either  side  of  this  palace,  I  will 


IN    PRESENCE   OF   LUCIFER.  43 

explain  to  you  the  order  of  progression.  In  your  world  you  were 
instructed,  that  when  life's  battle  was  ended,  you  would  go  to  heaven, 
or  hell.  Some  have  a  purgatory,  too ;  and  of  late  they  have  added  a 
substitute  for  hell,  which  is  termed  hades.  Call  this  a  purgatory,  if 
you  choose;  it  is  purging  your  souls,  and  preparing  them  for  some- 
thing better,  as  you  have  already  learned;  and  you  must  admit  that 
hoofed  and  horned  devils,  brimstone  boiling,  cauldrons  of  hot  metal, 
hot  pitch  and  oil,  and  all  the  tortures  that  a  human  being  can  be 
subjected  to,  as,  for  instance,  by  a  holy  inquisition,  have  not  the  re- 
motest foundation,  and  would,  if  carried  out,  have  not  the  slightest 
effect,  as  we  have  nothing  to  do  with  the  grosser  substance  you  left 
behind.  We  have  to  mold  and  put  in  order  the  crooked  and  de- 
formed mind,  or  soul,  and  that  is  not  material  upon  which  heat  has 
any  effect. 

"The  whole  thing  is  imaginary,  and  has  no  foundation  whatever. 
You  have  been  initiated  sufficiently  to  be  now  better  informed.  At 
the  beginning  you  have  learned  that  but  exceedingly  few  enter 
through  the  little  gate  or  door  where  St.  Peter  presides  as  Grand 
Doorkeeper,  and  those  who  enter  can  only  attain  the  second  grade 
or  circle,  sphere  or  whatever  you  are  pleased  to  term  it.  Not  one 
in  ten  millions  ever  entered  the  third.  But  as  the  Deity  designed 
that  not  a  single  soul  is  to  be  lost,  they  are  passed  over  to  us  to  pre- 
pare them  for  their  advancement,  and  after  they  have  passed  the 
third  degree,  they  are  transferred  to  the  more  permanent  part  of  the 
palace  to  begin  their  work  for  the  higher  attainments. 

"From  this  you  may  judge  that  the  teachings  and  the  necessary 
progress  made  in  the  third  heaven  or  hades  are  similar,  and  after 
the  same  has  been  acquired,  all  human  passions  of  low  order  have 
been  forever  neutralized  or  eliminated.  The  third  order  is  conse- 
quently a  sort  of  stepping  stone  to  the  higher  elevations,  and  from 
there  to  advance  from  glory  to  glory.  Being  made  acquainted  with 
the  order  of  progression,  your  question  will  now  be  answered  regard- 
ing the  object  of  the  meeting  of  the  souls  that  surround  us. 

"The  spirits,  Mr.  Smith,  that  appear  to  you  more  elevated  or  look 
more  angelic,  are  from  the  other  side.  They  are  members  of  various 
degrees  but  none  of  very  high  order  are  present.  The  object  of  the 
meeting  is  to  see  friends  and  relatives  from  below,  this  being  the 
first  time  the  spirits  on  this  side  are  permitted  to  see  their  relatives 
who  preceded  them.  Those  on  this  side  must  have  attained  the 
second  degree  before  any  permission  is  given  to  be  present  at  a  sim- 
ilar meeting.  The  visits  cannot  be  returned,  for  no  one  can  enter 
on  the  other  side  who  has  not  attained  all  the  perfections  requisite, 
or  the  third  degree.  These  meetings  are  of  great  benefit  to  those 
on  this  side.  As  you  are  aware  now  that  a  great  deal  depends  upon 
the  energy  and  will  of  the  soul  to  advance  here,  it  is  obvious  that 
their  friends  on  the  other  side  stimulate  them  to  attain  their  perfec- 
tions more  rapidly,  for  then  it  will  be  far  easier  to  meet  more  fre- 
quently on  the  other  side.  It  is  necessary,  as  previously  stated, 


44  RESUSCITATED. 

that  all  the  grosser  passions  must  be  wiped  out,  and  the  nobler  ones 
must  be  purified  and  brought  up  to  the  standard  requisite  here. 
Love,  for  instance,  is  not  a  passion  intended  to  be  obliterated,  but  it 
must  be  made  pure  and  holy.  There  is  nothing  in  the  world  below 
to  draw  any  comparison,  but  the  nearest  is  the  pure  love  a  mother 
entertains  for  her  child.  You  may  see  such  love  in  the  five  spirits 
approaching  us.  Those  three  beautiful  beings  of  both  sexes  with 
the  two  less  spiritualized  shades,  are  parents  and  children.  The 
father  and  mother  died  several  years  ago,  the  wife  dying  first  and 
two  months  after,  the  husband.  They  are  both  in  the  second  sphere 
at  present,  and  the  visit  of  the  children  is  their  first.  The  latter 
have  died  many  years  ago,  but  love  holds  its  sway — it  is  carried  be- 
yond death  and  rises  to  the  highest  pinnacle,  while  hate  could  not 
be  tolerated  here.  But  both  hate  and  love  are  deeply  impressed 
upon  the  mind  of  man,  and  even  the  higher  class  of  animals  share 
in  these  passions  on  the  world  below,  as  you  well  know. 

"The  meeting  is,  as  you  perceive  now,  one  of  the  periods — days 
you  would  call  it  below — -when  the  higher  classed  spirits  from  the 
other  side  are  permitted  to  visit  their  friends  and  relatives  on  this 
side,  and  that  extends  to  the  second  and  third  circle.  This  assembly 
has  only  connection  with  the  second  degree;  the  third  is  more  ele- 
vated and  further  in  the  interior.  The  periods  assigned  to  this  pur- 
pose are  something  similar  to  one  of  your  holidays,  but  rather  more 
with  the  holidays  of  the  older  country.  Your  Fourth  of  July  as  a 
holiday  would  be  a  poor  comparison,  and  Christmas  belongs  more  to 
the  little  ones.  The  fact  is,  you  have  not  many  holidays  in  your 
country  yet — many  people  even  begrudge  Sunday  rest.  The  lower 
order  cannot  take  part  in  these  exercises,  but  they  are  very  well  in- 
formed ahout  it.  Not  a  few  are  stimulated  to  attain  this  first  priv- 
ilege. All  are  anxious  to  come  in  contact  with  their  departed 
friends  known  previous  to  their  own  demise  on  earth. 

"A  great  deal  more  might  be  added  in  behalf  of  this  assembly, 
but  time  is  precious.  I  have  still  considerable  to  acquaint  you  with, 
and  your  body  below  is  already  mourned  as  dead.  It  behooves  us 
therefore  to  leave  these  happy  souls,  and  enter  still  deeper  into  this 
vast  city  under  one  roof.  My  intention  is  to  give  you  our  views 
before  your  .return,  in  a  straight  forward  manner,  and  it  shall  be  re- 
garding your  nation,  and  you  may,  if  you  choose,  set  the  conversa- 
tion afloat,  to  bear  fruit  or  good  results.  We  will  walk  on  until 
we  arrive  at  the  first  small  park,  when  we  will  continue  our  conver- 
sation. 

From  the  circular  large  space  where  the  spirits  had  congregated, 
there  radiated  in  every  direction  of  the  compass  avenues,  streets  or 
corridors,  and  we  took  one  extending  north,  which  simply  meant  to 
go  deeper  in  the  direction  we  had  commenced.  The  roofs  of  the 
corridors  were  much  higher,  and  more  artistic  architecture  was  dis- 
played in  the  construction  of  the  whole,  when  compared  with  the 
class  shown  in  cells  and  rooms.  The  exterior  throughout  showed  a 


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45 


higher  tone,  but  the  interior  was  not  made  visible  to  me,  as  proba- 
bly the  time  was  wanted  for  it.  Only  here  and  there  were  attend- 
ants visible,  passing  in  and  out  from  the  apartments.  They  appeared 
of  the  higher  order  of  beings,  similar  to  my  guide,  and  they  may 
have  been  instructors  or  teachers.  We  finally  arrived  at  the  park, 
a  magnificent  garden  of  the  most  fragrant  and  gorgeous  flowers,  dis- 
played in  beds  of  the  most  beautiful  design.  Here  and  there  large 
fountains  played,  forcing  the  liquid,  clear  as  purest  crystal,  parallel 
to  the  tree  tops  some  distance  off.  The  trees  further  off  were  of  im- 
mense hight,  to  which  the  California  giants  are  but  infants,  and  yet 
they  were  not  so  large  in  circumference,  which  caused  them  to  look 
very  graceful  as  they  extended  upwards  straight  as  a  molded  candle. 
Others  not  so  tall  extended  their  limbs  over  a  large  space,  the  foli- 
age almost  touching  the  ground.  Both  trees  and  foliage  of  various 
varieties,  some  bearing  beautiful  fruit,  others  gorgeously  colored 
blossoms,  shedding  their  fragrance  about  like  orange  blossoms,  looked 
different  than  any  before  seen  in  the  world  below.  The  limbs  were 
alive  with  songsters,  some  of  the  most  gaudy  plumage.  They  sur- 
rounded us  on  all  sides  and  appeared  to  address  their  songs  and 
cries  to  my  attendant,  who,  however,  paid  no  apparent  attention  to 
them,  or  no  more  than  any  one  who  is  familiar  with  an  object  or 
thing.  Selecting  seats  under  one  of  those  curious  patriarchs  which 
sent  out  its  corkscrew-like,  twisted  limbs,  around  which  the  graceful 
twigs  and  leaves  were  falling,  he  began: 

"I  have  something  to  communicate  to  you,  as  already  stated,  and 
it  consists  of  various  matters  to  which  immediate  attention  should 
be  paid  by  your  nation.  Some  of  the  questions  are  of  the  highest 
importance,  and  the  time  has  arrived  when  a  change  becomes  a  mat- 
ter of  necessity,  if  future  generations  are  not  to  suffer  by  it." 

With  this  preface  Lucifer  continued,  saying: 

"You  must  admit,  Mr.  Smith,  comparatively  speaking,  your 
nation  is  very  young — one  short  century — but  during  this  short 
period  it  has  made  giant  strides  in  civilization,  by  which  nations  are 
judged.  Your  steam  engines  on  water  and  land  have  caused  revolu- 
tions in  labor.  Your  telegraphs  give  facilities  to  communicate 
thoughts  to  distant  points  in  a  few  minutes,  where  it  formerly  re- 
quired five  or  six  months.  All  the  new  discoveries  of  late  have  a 
tendency  to  shorten  labor.  A  great  deal  of  this  progress  is  attrib- 
ted  to  the  form  of  government,  and  still  more  the  superior  intelli- 
gence of  the  people.  Very  seldom  is  any  credit  given  to  the  im- 
mense resources  you  have  in  your  country  from  which  you  can  draw 
your  supplies  and  riches.  To  acquire  the  latter  or  concentrate  it, 
the  methods  adopted  are  not  commendable.  Frequently  the  destruc- 
tion caused  in  the  future,  to  coming  generations,  is  far  greater  than 
the  gain  to  one  or  a  few.  But  we  will  come  to  that  in  our  conver- 
sation. 

"Your  nation  may  be  compared  to  a  young  giant — he  has  youth 
and  strength,  but  lacks  the  experience  of  his  father,  consequently  if 


46  RESUSCITATED. 

not  guided,  or  he  will  not  heed  advice,  he  will  fall  into  the  samo 
errors  which  his  father  was  compelled  to  correct,  but  it  was  done  by 
suffering  losses,  which  is  the  general  task-master  of  man.  Europe 
represents  the  father,  Asia  the  grandfather;  both  have  suffered  and 
much  vitality  was  sacriiiced  in  days  gone  by.  The  same  will  hap- 
pen to  the  young  giant,  if  he  continues  iu  the  ruts  in  which  his 
vehicle  of  civilization  runs.  The  young  generally  deem  themselves 
more  intelligent  than  the  parents,  and  there  never  was  a  time  when 
this  idea  has  reached  a  higher  stage  than  at  present,  and  particularly 
is  this  applicable  to  your  people.  And  yet  dearly  purchased  expe- 
rience that  guides  you  through  life  or  assists  in  doing  so,  is  not  so 
easily  gained.  Book  learning  often  points  out  to  you  the  dangerous 
places,  b\it  they  are  seldom  remembered.  But  let  a  man  be  wrecked 
on  a  dangerous  rock,  he  will  forever  remember  the  locality,  and  if 
in  the  future  he  comes  in  close  proximity,  he  will  try  to  steer  clear 
of  the  invisible  rock.  By  the  loss  sustained  then  his  memory  has 
been  sharpened.  By  not  heeding  the  past  or  preparing  from  it 
future  safeguards,  comes  the  reason  history  repeats  itself  again  and 
again — just  the  same  as  if  on  a  great  public  highway  there  was  a 
great  hole  slightly  covered  up.  Those  traversing  over  it  would  be 
engulfed  if  they  did  not  heed  the  advice  of  those  who  described  the 
dangerous  locality  to  them.  Your  species  has,  by  all  the  great 
boasting,  advanced  but  little  if  any  at  all;  in  fact  it  would  be  most 
difficult  to  suppress  what  has  been  born  with  yon.  Since  you  are 
human  beings  you  must  have  passions,  and  these  passions  remain 
with  you  as  long  as  life  lasts.  In  this  the  savage,  as  well  as  the 
highly  civilized  people  of  the  world,  are  almost  the  same.  It  is 
owing  to  this  that  you  still  continue  to  murder  each  other  on  the 
battle  field,  and  the  advance  in  physical  science  has  given  you  pow- 
erful agents  by  which  you  can  cause  terrific  destruction  to  life  and 
property.  Your  instruments  of  precision  also  give  facilities  to 
cause  great  destruction  in  the  shortest  space  of  time. 

"  If  one  was  to  judge  by  this  destructiveness  you  at  present  cause 
in  one  battle,  you  should  be  considered  worse  in  morals  than  for- 
merly; but  this  is  not  true,  for  while  you  have  learned  to  destroy, 
still  more  to  disable,  not  kill,  one  branch  of  science  has  kept  step  in 
relieving  the  unfortunate — the  wounded.  All  the  higher  classed 
nations  must  treat  their  wounded  and  prisoners  far  differently  than 
the  did  four  hundred  years  ago  if  they  want  to  retain  the  respect  of 
the  world,  and  those  who  have  been  wounded  are  by  this  more  hu- 
mane treatment  and  the  great  advance  in  surgery,  placed  in  a  con- 
dition to  regain  their  strength  or  save  their  lives.  As  in  the  indi- 
vidual so  in  nations,  bloodshed  and  destruction  could  be  prevented 
if  one  or  both  of  the  parties  were  capable  of  listening  to  reason. 
Arbitration,  in  many  cases,  would  settle  many  difficulties  and  be 
the  cheapest  in  the  end,  but  the  world  is  not  prepared  for  it  yet. 
The  man's  heart  is  by  no  means  pacified  who  has  a  case  decided 
against  him  by  arbitration,  if  he  thinks  himself  right.  If  it  had 


IN  PRESENCE  OF  LUCIFER.  47 

come  to  a  contest  of  strength,  he  might  have  considered  himself 
even  fortunate  yet,  if  his  antagonist  only  left  a  little  life  in  his  mu- 
tilated body.  It  is  force  against  force  with  you  still. 

"  When  speaking  of  the  passions  of  the  human  being,  both  civil- 
ized and  uncivilized,  there  must  be  mentioned  one  powerful  and 
most  influential  passion  to  which  your  civilized  man  is  addicted, 
and  this  is  the  great  desire  to  possess  wealth  or  riches.  In  no  coun- 
try are  the  wealthy  so  highly  honored  and  respected  as  in  your 
country,  and  often  in  the  search  for  it  the  goose  is  killed  that  lays 
the  golden  egg.  In  other  words,  in  order  to  accumulate  great  riches, 
greater  sacrifices  have  to  be  made  either  against  their  fellow  man, 
living  at  present,  or  to  those  coming  in  the  future.  We  will  com- 
mence with  the  tiller  of  the  soil  in  the  United  States  of  North 
America.  Does  he  not  continually  rob  Nature  of  its  supply,  from 
year  to  year,  and  returns  nothing  to  her  ?  The  husbandman  puts 
into  the  soil  a  certain  kind  of  seed,  every  year  alike,  and  grumbles 
at  harvest  time  that  the  crop  becomes  less  and  less.  Nature  is  well 
balanced.  In  order  that  a  plant  should  grow  healthy  and  produce 
a  bountiful  supply,  some  of  the  salts  must  be  returned  to  the  soil 
which  former  plants,  in  the  process  of  growing,  withdrew.  It  is 
true,  the  carbon  is  drawn  from  the  carbonic  acid  in  the  air,  but  that 
only.  The  consequence  is,  as  already  stated,  the  supply  is  exhausted, 
and  if  by  that  time  your  rancher,  or  farmer,  is  not  sufficiently  rich 
he  will  go  with  the  family  further  on,  away  from  built  up  settle- 
ments, and  repeat  the  process  on  a  larger  scale,  perhaps. 

But  there  must  be  a  stop  to  this  sort  of  farming  if  the  large  im- 
migration from  Europe  continues,  and  the  natural  growth  of  the 
country  is  not  retarded  by  epidemics.  All  vacant  space  in  your 
country  will  be  taken  up,  and -then  you  will  be  compelled  to  pursue 
the  same  course  as  the  parents  have  on  the  other  side  of  the  big 
water.  In  your  State  both  fruit  and  vegetable  have  grown  much 
smaller,  although  the  climate,  to  which  you  attributed  the  large  size 
attained,  is  still  the  same.  It  is  hardly  twenty  years  passed  over, 
and  then  not  an  insect  molested  your  beautiful  fruit,  while  now  you 
may  look  with  suspicion  upon  many  luscious  fruits  into  which  some 
destructive  insect  has  drilled  a  hole  to  lay  its  eggs.  Why  is  this  1 
Do  you  think  there  was  not  a  remedy  formerly  to  keep  insect  life 
down,  or  Nature's  laws  more  in  equilibrium  ?  Much  is  said  about 
the  introduction  of  new  species  of  destructive  insects  from  the  older 
States,  but  nothing  is  said  of  the  human  benefactors  which  the  wan- 
ton destructiveness  of  men  and  boys  cause  when  they  are  permitted 
to  gratify  their  lust  to  kill.  The  boasted  liberty  in  America,  and 
shooting  down  whatever  is  liked,  has  already  shown  itself  in  the  de- 
population of  the  feathered  tribe  and  useful  animals.  It  is  true  you 
have  laws  which  should  protect  some  useful  birds  and  game,  but  as 
such  law-breakers  are  seldom  punished  the  same  violence  is  con- 
tinued. In  shooting  down  your  insect-eating  birds  you  increase  the 
insects ;  the  insects  destroy  your  fruit  and  thereby  repay  you  for  the 
sin  committed. 


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"A  great  deal  of  the  happiness  of  the  human  race  depends  upon 
the  lower  animals,  but  how  ruthlessly  they  are  often  treated.  Some 
of  those  useful  birds  that  consume  in  their  breeding  season,  for  them- 
selves and  families,  from  four  thousand  to  five  thousand  insects  and 
eggs  per  day,  have  been  permitted  to  be  destroyed. 

"Frequently  the  orchardist,  owing  to  the  attack  on  fruit,  destroys 
birds  also,  although  they  may  have  earned  more  than  their  'bread 
and  butter'  previously  in  saving  his  fruit. 

"It  must  be  remembered  that  even  grain,  or  seed-eating  birds, 
are,  by  nature,  compelled  to  apply  insect  food  to  the  young  baby 
bird,  and,  consequently,  much  insect  food  must  be  consumed.  The 
young  animal,  in  the  application  of  its  food,  is  similar  to  the  human 
being,  or  higher  animals,  which  require  the  mother?s  milk  first,  until 
sufficiently  advanced  to  live  upon  grosser  food.  The  baby  bird  re- 
quires insects  first,  and  the  parents  must  furnish  the  supply  as  a 
necessity. 

"This  wanton  destruction  of  the  feathered  tribe  has  been  the 
cause,  partially,  of  getting  nature  out  of  equilibrium,  and  man  is 
here  directly  to  blame.  Why  should  he  not  suffer  for  the  result? 
The  despised  animal  known  as  the  bat,  is  often  used  in  trap-shooting 
in  your  State,  and  is  then  sacrificed  to  your  moloch  called  'sport,'  to 
be  shot  or  maimed;  and  yet  these  animals,  in  order  to  sustain  their 
life,  consume  food  which  is  troublesome  to  man  as  insects.  Where 
does  the  bat  do  harm  otherwise,  that  they  should  be  sacrificed  thus? 
Even  an  ugly  amphibious  animal,  like  the  toad,  is  laboring  for  the 
benefit  of  man  when  placed  in  his  garden.  The  ant,  also,  is  a  great 
destroyer  of  insects  which  cause  injury  to  man  indirectly.  The 
Ruler  has  arranged  nature  thus,  that  one  must  live  upon  the  other; 
if,  therefore,  you  destroy  those  who  assist  you,  it  will  follow  that 
you  are  made  to  suffer  yourself. 

"When  grasshoppers  and  crickets  overwhelm  you,  you  resort  to 
prayer,  and  God-deli ver-me-from-evil  policy,  and  yet  it  would  be  as 
much  of  a  miracle  to  stop  those  creatures,  as  it  would  be  to  prevent 
water  from  running  down  the  hill  by  praying  against  it. 

"In  the  older  countries  the  greatest  attention  is  paid  to  the  birds, 
and  boys  are  not  permitted  to  molest  them,  or  treat  them  unkindly, 
by  throwing  stones  at  them,  or  by  destroying  their  nests ;  and  in  the 
winter,  when  the  ground  is  covered  with  snow,  they  are  frequently 
fed  by  the  governments  and  kind  persons,  well  knowing  that  it  will  be 
returned  in  many  ways. 

"A  true  Christian  does  not  only  display  his  charity  to  his  own 
species,  but  he  must  also  include  the  animal.  The  Hebrew  and 
heathen,  or  the  humanitarian,  may  outrank  him,  and  in  this  some  of 
the  older  nations  preceding  the  Christians  have  shown  far  more  char- 
ity than  your  pretended  followers  of  Christ.  The  Newfoundland  dog 
who  has  saved  his  master,  and  several  of  his  children  subsequently, 
from  drowning,  ought  certainly  deserve  to  be  fed  until  his  life's  bat- 
tles with  other  dogs  are  ended,  but  how  often  is  he?  The  horse  who 


IN    PRESENCE    OF   LUCIFER.  49 

on  the  race-track  caused  his  master  to  win  thousands  of  dollars,  has 
to  die  an  ignoble  death ;  or  if,  by  his  great  fleetness,  he  has  saved  his 
master's  life  on  the  battle-field — does  he  often  draw  any  benefit  from 
it?  Very  seldom  is  a  man  found  who  keeps  such  a  horse  the  bal- 
ance of  his  life. 

"The  Supreme  Being  gave  man  the  power  to  rule  the  earth,  and 
if  well  done,  he  will  reap  the  benefit.  In  every  well  regulated  coun- 
try it  is  in  his  power  to  diminish  all  vicious  and  destructive  wild 
animals  if  they  are  dangerous  to  the  life  of  man,  or  his  property. 
On  the  other  hand,  it  is  in  his  power  to  increase  his  flocks — cattle, 
sheep,  goats,  horses — and  he  knows  he  is  the  gainer  thereby;  but 
his  ignorance  may  be  so  great  that  he  destroys  animals  who  may  be 
his  best  friends,  although  he  does  not  draw  a  direct  benefit  as  he 
does  from  the  animals  mentioned;  but  they  keep  insect  life  down, 
preventing  them  from  feeding  upon  the  products  of  man,  and  such 
animals  are  the  birds.  There  is  such  a  thing  as  'sport,'  and  the 
huntsman  may  take  animal  life,  but  when  he  sacrifices,  when  he  kills 
the  mother  that  bears  the  young,  all  honest  sport  ceases.  When  the 
fishei'man  visits  one  of  your  lakes  to  amuse  himself  during  his  lei- 
sure hours  in  angling,  he  may  find  pleasure  in  hooking  fish,  but  if  the 
same  man  is  not  satisfied,  and  resorts  to  foul  means,  using  powerful 
explosives,  killing  young  and  old  by  the  thousand,  and  depopulating 
a  whole  lake  of  its  tinny  tribe,  there  cannot  be  any  sport  or  pleasure, 
but  only  criminality*,  which  ought  to  be,  all  over  the  land,  most  se- 
verely punished.  This  applies  equally  to  all  game  shot  out  of  sea- 
son, and  certain  birds  at  any  time.  In  allowing  these  people  to  con- 
tinue in  their  destructiveness  to  animals,  you  allow  them  to  kill  the 
goose  that  lays  the  golden  egg. 

"If  it  were  not  for  a  few  wise  men  in  your  nation  who  have  be- 
come deeply  interested  in  fish  culture,  many  of  the  rivers  would  now 
be  but  poorly  supplied  with  fish,  and  those  which  have  gained  a 
supply  the  vandals  are  already  working,  on  a  wholesale  system,  t® 
gain  the  dollars.  All  this  you  have  got  to  change  if  you  desire  to 
protect  the  coming  generations.  The  laws  already  made,  covering 
these  cases,  ought  to  be  executed,  and  if  not  stringent  enough,  made 
so  by  enacting  other  laws  to  cover  the  cases.  But  the  main  thing 
is  to  punish." 

REASONING    POWER    OF    ANIMALS. 

"It  may  not  be  amiss  to  say  a  few  words  more  in  behalf  of  the 
animals,"  said  Lucifer.  "The  dumb  brute  is  generally  looked  upon 
as  possessing  far  less  intelligence  than  it  really  does,  and  the  less  in- 
telligence or  education  the  judge,  or  human  being,  possesses  himself, 
the  less  he  will  acknowledge  to  the  animal.  And  yet,  in  very  many 
cases,  the  instinct  of  the  animal  surpasses  the  wisdom  or  knowledge 
of  the  human  being.  The  term  instinct  is  usually  applied  to  the 
animal,  the  average  human  being  taking  it  for  granted  that  the  term 
applied  is  the  proper  expression.  Your  investigators,  however,  find 


50  RESUSCITATED. 

that  it  is  often  difficult  to  say  where  instinct  ends  and  reason  begins. 
It  cannot  be  termed  instinct  alone  when  an  animal  thinks  and  consid- 
ers what  to  do  next,  and  then  carries  its  determination  into  execu- 
tion. When  the  elephant  goes  into  a  jungle,  and  there  breaks  oft'  a 
suitable  stick  by  the  aid  of  his  trunk,  and  trims  it  to  suit  its  pur- 
poses, and  then  deliberately  uses  the  stick  as  an  instrument  to  re- 
move a  parasite  with  which  it  is  infested,  removing  it  from  a  place 
which  can  only  be  reached  by  the  aid  of  the  stick,  it  exhibits  more 
than  instinct.  Such  an  animal  must  reflect  and  think  before  it  car- 
ries out  its  work.  When  the  ant,  a  small  insect,  finds  food  at  a  cer- 
tain locality  close  to  its  nest,  and  the  quantity  is  too  large,  it  leaves 
it,  and  retums  with  comrades  to  remove  it  to  the  place.  There  is 
united  thought  and  action,  and  time  does  not  obliterate  the  thought, 
nor  does  the  insect  forget  to  return.  Only  when  the  deed  is  exe- 
cuted is  it  satisfied. 

"Thousands  of  instances  could  I  give  to  mankind  of  various  ani- 
mals who  thus  display  more  than  instinct.  It  is  reasoning,  as  in 
man,  but  less  developed,  and  this  would  indicate  something  higher 
— would  here  also  point  to  something  more  elevated,  which  might  be 
interpreted  by  not  a  few  human  beings  as  a  soul,  or  an  essence  which 
controls  the  material  of  which  the  creature  is  made  up,  and  that 
has  resemblance  to  man.  I  will  not,  and  dare  not  go  too  far  in  this 
direction.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  the  vanity  you  entertain  that 
everything  upon  your  earth  was  created  for  YOUR  special  purpose  is 
somewhat  fallible.  One  thing  is  positive — every  animal,  every 
plant,  every  mineral,  has  some  function,  some  office  to  perform,  al- 
though it  may  for  the  time  not  be  known.  The  time  may  come, 
and  in  some  instances  it  has  come,  when  your  science  has  penetrated 
the  supposed  mystery.  And  thus  a  horrible  looking  monster  may 
prove  itsalf  a  benefactor  to  man  instead  of  being  a  dreaded  enemy. 
The  animals  are  far  more  related  to  you  than  you  imagine,  but  as 
previously  hinted,  I  dare  not  go  farther  in  this  direction.  I  will 
add  in  behalf  of  the  brute  creation,  that  the  human  being  who  shows 
no  feeling  for  his  dog,  horse,  or  the  animals  under  his  control,  can 
never  be  a  good  man  or  woman,  be  their  profession  to  any  religion 
followed  as  it  will.  Such  a  person  lacks  feeling  to  his  fellow  crea- 
tures #nd  cannot  be  trusted  with  the  control  of  men.  Such  men  will 
always  prove  tyrants,  and  that  mostly  signifies  cowards  also. 

"There  are  human  beings  now,  and  there  have  been  in  the  older 
or  Eastern  countries  thousands  of  years  ago,  who  have  allotted  to 
the  animals  a  soul,  and  a  progressive  one  too. 

"Have  you  never  noticed,  Mr.  Smith,  the  resemblance  of  human 
beings  to  some  species  of  animals,  or  have  you  never  observed  their 
actions  showing  similarity?  The  fox  shows  its  cunning  by  the  shape 
of  its  head  and  face.  Are  not  the  same  features  stamped  upon  the 
forms  of  human  beings'?  Another  shows  stubbornness,  still  another 
courage  or  cowardism.  Is  not  the  same  visible  in  many  human  be- 
ings'? Compare  the  genuine  bull  dog  with  his  big  neck,  to  the  wind- 


IN  PRESENCE  OF  LUCIFER.  51 

hound,  the  spaniel,  and  the  lap-dog.  You  have  all  these  human 
species  amongst  you.  Many  a  man  has  a  striking  appearance  to  a 
bull  dog.  and  when  you  meet  such  you  instinctively  give  him  a  little 
more  room  than  the  spaniel  looking  genus  homo,  and  you  know  full 
well  why  you  do  it  too. 

"Thus  the  outward  structure  and  behavior  of  the  man  will  give 
you  an  idea  of  his  disposition  and  inclinations,  and  in  but  a  few 
cases  it  requires  the  faculty  of  a  La  Vater  to  inform  yourself  pretty 
certainly  that  before  you  stands  such  and  such  inclined  human  being, 
if  not  animal.  If,  then,  Darwinianism  is  admitted,  physically 
speaking,  why  may  you  not  go  a  step  higher  and  admit  the  possibil- 
ity of  a  further  and  higher  progression  likewise  ?  But  I  am  cau- 
tioned to  rest  upon  this  point,  right  here. 

FORESTRY. 

"In  forestry,  also,  it  is  high  time  your  State  and  the  general 
government  pay  some  attention.  In  the  destruction  of  your  forests 
you  have  no  rival  in  the  world.  Some  of  the  future  aristocracy,  those 
who  intend  to  rule  your  country  by  their  accumulated  wealth,  are  do- 
ing their  work  now  to  cheat  coming  generations  out  of  their  birthright. 
What  will  be  the  effect  eventually,  say  in  a  State  like  California,  if 
the  trees  in  the  higher  elevations  are  sacrificed  1  The  great  storage 
of  snow  piled  up  during  winter  in  the  higher  elevation  of  your  snow 
mountains,  will  have  no  protection  when  the  sun  will  show  its  great 
power.  The  snow  will  melt  long  before  its  time,  and  the  accumu- 
lated water  will  come  booming  down  the  valleys,  overflowing  your 
shallow  rivers  and  causing  death  and  destruction  everywhere,  where 
man  had  not  securely  fortified  himself  against  it.  After  the  snow  is 
melted,  when  you  had  your  abundance  of  water  then  comes  the 
drought.  But  this  is  not  all.  It  has  been  noted  in  other  countries  that 
wherever  the  forests  were  cut  down  entirely,  great  climatic  changes 
took  place  which  had  a  tendency  to  make  a  desert  of  the  locality. 
Asia,  in  that  respect,  your  grandfather,  has  suffered  much  in  that 
direction.  The  land  where  once  milk  and  honey  flowed,  was  sacri- 
ficed by  destroyers  such  as  you  have  now  in  the  upper  regions  of  the 
Sierra  Nevadas.  But  the  older  ones  made  slower  work,  for  they 
had  not  fire  and  water  harnessed  up  to  do  their  work  on  a  large 
scale,  as  numerous  sawmills  are  doing  now.  They  had  to  rely  en- 
tirely upon  the  direct  force  of  man  or  his  muscles,  and  the  work 
was  necessarily  slower  on  that  account. 

"Some  time  ago,"  Lucifer  continued,  "I  made  myself  acquainted 
with  a  much  lauded  enterprise  about  to  be  carried  out  in  your  State. 
The  enterprising  genius  is  apparently  one  who  intends  to  kill  the 
goose  that  lays  the  golden  eggs.  As  in  all  such  undertak- 
ings, the  man  appears  as  a  benefactor  to  the  community.  In  this 
case  the  manipulator  and  would-be  benefactor  somehow  comes  in 
possession  of  a  beautiful  mountain  lake,  surrounded  with  fine  timber. 
The  idea  strikes  him  that  the  timber  at  another  locality,  cut  up  in 


52  RESUSCITATED. 

boards  to  build  houses,  which  are  easily  burnt  down,  so  in  a  short 
time  a  pretty  large  town  can  be  wiped  out — under  favorable  circum- 
stances, in  a  few  hours.  Well,  at  another  locality  these  line  trees 
would  be  a  fortune  in  the  man's  pocket.  The  difficulty  is  how  to 
transport  this  valuable  timber  to  the  place,  to  saw  it  into  boards. 
His  genius  for  benevolenc3  st3ps  in  and  whispers  to  him,  like  a  little 
bird  from  the  tree  tops,  'Tap  the  lake  by  a  subterraneous  channel,  get 
up  a  grand  irrigation  scheme  to  benefit  a  million  of  people,  more  or  less 
(on  paper  prospectus),  and  then  you  may  easily  cut  down  at  your 
leisure  all  those  fine,  stately  trees,  at  which  old  Mother  Nature  la- 
bored industriously  for  two  or  three  centuries  or  more.  After  you 
get  the  money  secure  in  a  safe  corner  to  make  you  a  representative 
of  a  'self-made  man,'  it  is  not  absolutely  necessary  that  the  irriga- 
tion enterprise  be  carried  out  to  the  letter.  Circ'umstances  alter 
cases  you  know.' 

"Should  this  one  penny  to  the  public  and  ninety-nine  pennies  into 
my  own  pocket  individual,  be  enabled  to  carry  out  his  great  irriga- 
tion scheme,  how  long  would  the  water  run  through  the  intended 
passage  after  the  trees  have  been  cut  down  that  protected  the  water 
from  rapid  evaporation1?  Unless  Nature  has  commenced  to  do  her 
work  differently,  it  would  be  miraculous  that  this  man  could  fully 
carry  out  his  enterprise,  to  be  beneficial  to  others  besides  himself. 
Irrigation  enterprises  should  be  encouraged,  as  they  will  become 
necessary  in  the  future,  as  you  are  gradually  cultivating  the  soil  to 
the  various  purposes  to  which  the  climate  is  adapted,  but  if  a  lake, 
a  constant  storage  of  water  in  the  higher  elevations  of  your  moun- 
tains, a  thing  of  beauty  for  all  time  to  come,  has  to  be  destroyed  in 
order  to  gratify  the  cupidity  of  one  of  your  future  money  kings, 
then  the  government  must  be  extremely  weak  or  wicked,  when  it 
pretends  to  be  so  near  sighted  not  to  see  such  gross  mistakes,  such 
killing  off  of  the  geese  that  laid  some  of  the  golden  eggs. 

DESTRUCTION  OP  TREES  ABOUT  LAKE  TAHOE. 

"  The  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  forest  has  been  sufficient  to  in- 
duce- me  to  make  personal  observations  in  one  reported  locality, 
some  six  thousand  five  hundred  feet  above  the  level  of  the  ocean. 
A  beautiful  sheet  of  water,  hemmed  in  by  high  mountains,  and 
about  twenty-two  miles  long  to  fourteen  or  fifteen  miles  wide,  known 
as  Lake  Tahoe  (formerly  Lake  Bigler),  one  of  the  largest  mountain 
lakes  in  the  world,  whose  scenery  cannot  be  surpassed  in  beauty, 
must  gradually  suffer  from  consequences  which  are  intended  for  the 
small  lake  previously  mentioned. 

"  The  outlet  of  this  lake  is  known  as  Truckee  river,  passing  through 
mountains,  through  which  the  constant  force  of  water  during  ages 
has  cut  its  channel,  and  which  was  and  is  almost  solid  rock.  On 
either  side  of  the  river,  up  to  the  highest  points,  the  trees  have  and 
are  being  cut  down,  leaving  nothing  but  the  waste  and  rocks  by 
which  they  were  surrounded  and  from  which  they  grew.  The  logs 


is  PRESENCE  OF  LUCIFER.  53 

are  forced  by  devices  direct  into  the  low  river  to  be  floated  to  as- 
signed places  for  cutting  up  at  saw  mills,  and  the  refuse  of  the  mills, 
as  sawdust,  is  all  passed  into  the  river  to  pollute  it.  From  the  town 
of  Truckee  to  the  lake,  some  fifteen  miles  by  stage  route,  on  either 
side  of  the  river,  the  trees  are  thus  disposed  of,  in  some  localities  not 
a  tree  remaining,  and  in  less  than  three  years  the  locality  will  be 
entirely  cleared  away.  These  trees  have  nearly  all  their  roots  im- 
bedded in  the  cavities  of  the  rocks,  and  in  fact  spring  or  grow  right 
out  of  the  fractured  rocks.  It  may  puzzle  some  of  your  species  how 
these  trees  can  exist,  but  it  must  be  obvious  to  most  of  them  that 
it  required  centuries  in  their  naturally  slow  growth  to  have  acquired 
the  size  which  they  had  attained  when  cut  down.  If  they  are  of  the 
proper  size,  all  are  sacrificed  and  the  barren  rocks,  decaying  branches, 
or  the  charred  remains  of  trunks  and  branches  stare  one  in  the  face, 
representing  a  perfect  chaos  of  disorder. 

"  When  your  investigation  extends  about  the  lake,  you  find  your 
'  lumber  fiend '  was  and  is  just  as  busy  tumbling  logs  into  the  lake 
to  be  floated  away.  The  size  there  is  much  larger,  consequently  the 
harvest  much  richer  for  fire  and  the  human  destroyer  of  forestry. 
In  some  localities  the  soil  has  been  shorn  of  its  forest  giants,  and 
ages  will  only  give  the  same  inviting  aspect  to  the  locality  again, 
were  the  same  kind  of  trees  to  grow,  but  instead  of  them  only  low 
and  close  shrubbery  is  replaced  by  Nature. 

"  The  supply  of  water  of  the  lake  comes  from  the  surrounding 
highly  elevated  mountains,  covered  with  snow  a  large  part  of  the 
year,  and  from  natural  springs' in  the  lake  or  the  mountain  side,  where 
the  fluid  of  the  upper  regions  is  stored  up  in  the  bowels  of  the 
mountains  nearer  the  lake  and  at  a  lower  level. 

"  The  observation  was  made  that  wherever  there  was  a  deficiency 
of  trees  caused  either  by  the  removal  of  the  same  by  man  or  other 
causes  prior  to  the  arrival  of  your  so-called  civilized  man,  there  Na- 
ture had  no  cause  to  send  its  supply  of  the  fluid  which  makes  the 
lakes.  In  other  words,  no  springs  issued  from  such  localities  at  the 
latter  part  of  August,  1882,  when  the  visit  was  made.  If  any  water 
issued  from  its  source  of  storage  it  was  lost  by  evaporation  or  found 
its  way  back  to  the  rocky  soil  before  any  could  reach  the  lake.  The 
result  must  be  apparent,  if  no  provision  is  made  to  stop  these  rav- 
ages. 

"Ages  past  this  lake  was  much  larger  and  deeper,  of  which  you 
may  find  traces  at  different  localities,  one  of  the  plainest  being  near 
'Idlewild,'  the  summer  residence  of  a  rich  lady  from  the  Capital  of 
your  State.  The  wild-looking  cliff  in  the  rear  is  bound  together 
cement-like,  holding  large  boulders,  pebbles,  and  gravel,  all  rounded 
off  by  the  action  of  water  or  the  force  of  wind  and  wave  combined. 
This  crag  or  cliff  of  conglomerate  extends  upward  to  a  considerable 
hight,  and  if  you  take  the  trouble  to  climb  on  top,  you  will  find 
other  indications,  one  being  several  white  sandstones  weighing  some- 
what over  a  hundred  pounds.  They  are  foreigners  there  and  only 


54  RESUSCITATED. 

two  forces  have  caused  them  to  be  at  the  described  place,  one  being 
the  .action  of  a  glacier  and  the  other  the  receding  of  the  water  from 
the  lake  of  which  at  one  time  the  conglomerate  formed  the  shore. 

"  To  continue  our  conversation  in  behalf  of  the  forest,  it  may  be 
given  out  as  a  plea  that  the  land  has  been  legally  purchased  from 
the  Government,  and  therefore  the  owner  has  a  right  to  use  his 
property  as  he  chooses;  but  a  government  ought  to  be  enabled  to 
rectify  its  mistakes,  particularly  as  in  this  case  the  land  is  not  de- 
sired for  agricultural  purposes  generally,  as  but  little  is  fit  for  it, 
even  when  the  trees  are  cut  down.  If,  therefore,  the  surroundings 
have  been  denuded  of  its  forest,  it  is  robbed  of  all  the  value  it  ever 
possessed  and  will  possess  for  centuries  to  come.  You  rob  Nature  in 
this  case  as  you  have  in  many  other  localities  of  much  of  her 
grandeur,  and  thereby  not  only  impoverish  your  coming  generations 
but  at  the  same  time  lower  the  standard  of  intelligence  of  your  na- 
tion before  the  advanced  nations  of  Europe  also.  This  applies  not 
to  a  few  localities  in  the  United  States. 

"Some  of  the  greatest  sights,  where  the  inmeiise  forces  of  Nature 
exhibit  themselves,  are  indifferently  passed  over,  or  are  utilized  to 
'  make  money,'  as  the  phrase  goes.  '  Make  money,'  that's  the  great 
lever,  and  the  deity  that  appears  to  have  infected  the  inside  of 
temples  as  well  as  the  gambling  hell — all,  all  want  to  make  money 
at  once,  it  matters  little  what  the  future  sacrifice  turns  out  to  be. 
Is  this  really  true  republicanism,  or  is  it  to  build  up  better  classes 
when  you  have  them  enriched  sufficiently  to  rule  over  you  ? 

"  Returning  to  Lake  Tahoe,  I  will  add  that  just  as  the  high 
mountains  surrounding  it  are  robbed  of  the  trees,  just  so  correspond- 
ingly will  electricity  occasionally  show  its  terrific  force  in  that  vi- 
cinity in  the  future.  The  negative  and  positive  electricity  unite 
with  the  greatest  violence  imaginable,  causing  those  terrible  electric 
storms,  when  the  waves  run  mountain  high  and  appear  to  be  drawn 
upward  by  some  gigantic,  invisible  force.  If  the  trees  remain,  the 
positive  electricity  above  and  about  the  lake  will  gradually  and 
gently  be  attracted  by  the  millions  of  points  of  the  trees  and 
branches,  and  they  being  connected  with  the  earth,  and  consequently 
negative  electricity,  unite  the  two  great  forces  at  various  points 
harmlessly,  which  would  and  could  not  take  place  with  shrubbery, 
as  it  does  not  reach  sufficiently  high  to  meet  the  currents  of  positive 
electricity.  If  the  trees  are  eventually  removed,  the  future  will 
show  then  when  unification  of  electricity  takes  place;  it  will  be  on 
the  principle  of  the  '  Leyden  Jar,'  or  '  Franklin's  Panes,'  with  neces- 
sarily greater  violence  of  course,  sometimes  causing  loss  of  life  and 
property. 

"In  this  vicinity,  too,  Mr.  Smith,  it  is  probable  you  may  look  for 
the  mysterious  north  wind,  which,  funnel-like,  is  supposed  to  swoop 
into  your  valleys,  coming  from  some  yet  unknown  locality.  It  is 
certain  your  men  of  knowledge  say  that  it  does  not  cross  the  Sierra 
Nevada  mountains. 


IN  PRESENCE  OP  LUCIFEK.  55 

"  I  perceive  you  doubt  the  assertion,  but  on  reflection  may  it  not 
be  possible  when  explained  to  you?  Almost  every  human  being  of 
common  intelligence  will  admit  that  there  are  certain  attractive 
forces,  or  laws,  that  to  a  great  extent  govern  your  world  in  a  phy- 
sical sense.  For  instance,  the  living,  as  man,  animal  and  plant,  find 
their  attraction  in  the  opposite  sex.  The  north  pole  of  a  magnet 
attracts  the  south  pole  of  another  magnet.  The  different  gases  have 
attraction  for  each  other,  or  the  gases  unite  with  other  elements, 
forming  new  combinations,  and  both  static  and  galvanic  electricity 
are  attracted  by  their  positive  and  negative  forces  towards  each 
other.  Science  informs  you  that  water,  evaporating  and  condensing, 
produces,  under  favorable  circumstances,  electricity,  and  over  a 
great  lake  like  Tahoe  it  would  be  negative  electric  reaching  to  a 
considerable  elevation.  Admitting,  then,  that  a  strong  current  of 
air,  or  wind,  at  a  still  higher  elevation,  was  passing  over  the  lake,  or 
its  vicinity,  could  it  not  be  possible  that  such  a  current  of  extremely 
dry  air,  which  is  highly  charged  with  positive  electricity,  would  be 
deflected  from  its  course  by  the  attraction  in  such  close  proximity, 
and  in  this  case  consisting  of*  two  attractive  forces,  negative  elec- 
tricity and  air  charged  with  moisture1? 

"Some  scientists  of  your  State  have  informed  the  world  that  the 
north  wind  is  negative  electric;  if  so,  the  earth  itself  must  have  be- 
come positive  electric  when  a  certain  experiment  is  carried  out  at 
the  time  the  north  wind  passes  over  the  country  for  several  days. 
The  phenomena  which  manifests  itself  is  this,  and  is  carried  out  by 
means  of  an  electrometer  and  a  glass  rod  with  rubber,  upon  which 
electric  amalgam  has  been  placed.  If  such  a  glass  rod  is  excited  by 
friction,  the  gold  leaf  strips  in  the  glass  vessel  diverge,  being  re- 
pelled from  each  other,  owing  to  both  being  charged  with  positive 
electricity,  and  when  the  north  wind  blows,  they  remain  extended  for 
some  time.  Should  the  ball  or  knob  above  the  glass  vessel  be 
touched,  the  leaves  immediately  collapse,  because  negative  electricity 
from  the  earth  was  met  and  united.  Such  phenomena  is,  however, 
not  always  exhibited,  as  the  experimenter  may  discover,  for  at  times 
the  leaves  will  not  rush  together  when  touched,  but  remain  extended, 
as  if  still  positive  elecricity  was  offered,  or  added  to  it.  What  does 
this  establish1?  Either  that  the  earth  or  the  person  have  become 
positive  electric,  or  both. 

"In  order  that  deeper  search  may  be  made  in  this  direction,  this 
phenomena  is  only  put  forward  as  a  hint,  and  it  is  well  worthy  fur- 
ther investigation.  Owing  to  nature  being  partly  out  of  equilib- 
rium it  is  due  that  the  north  winds  cause  a  sort  of  derangement  with 
all  living  beings,  and  the  lack  of  moisture  in  the  air  is  not  the  only 
cause,  as  is  often  supposed. 

USEFUL    TREES. 

"The  wanton  destruction  of  forests  in  the  United  States  is  forced 
to  be  a  serious  question  in  the  future.  In  fact,  in  some  of  the  older 
States  the  want  of  some  kinds  of  the  most  useful  wood  in  the  arts 


56  RESUSCITATED. 

and  for  manufacturing  purposes,  is  already  seriously  felt.  A  wood- 
famine  is  bound  to  come,  if  no  hindrance  is  to  be  placed  in  the  way 
of  those  who  have  had  the  forests  cut  down.  If  the  cutting  of 
trees  becomes  absolutely  necessary,  the  forests  should  not  be  entirely 
obliterated,  but  patches  left  here  and  there  for  the  future.  It  is 
not,  however,  in  the  future  use  of  the  trees  alone,  but  they  have  a 
function  to  carry  out.  They  are  placed  there  as  sentinels,  and  to  a 
certain  extent  control  the  climate.  Some  of  your  wise  men  who 
control  printing  presses,  and  send  out  their  thoughts  and  opinions 
on  paper  daily,  will  have  it  that  it  makes  but  little  difference  about 
the  trees  being  cut,  as  in  a  short  space  of  time,  nature  shows  her- 
self in  a  different  garb,  forcing  out  shrubbery  and  thereby  covering 
the  naked  soil  more  densely  than  before.  True,  very  true,  but  what 
electric  action  would  a  low  shrub  perform  so  close  to  the  soil? 
What  conductors  of  electricity  would  they  be  when  not  in  connec- 
tion with  the  upper  stratas  of  the  air  currents?  I  assure  you,  elec- 
tricity plays  a  far  more  important  part  in  meteorological  phenom- 
ena, or  the  weather,  than  man  of  average  intelligence  supposes. 
Gradually  it  is  dawning  upon  the  woVld  what  a  subtle,  gentle,  and 
at  the  same  time  all-powerful  agent  electricity  is  in  its  various  ap- 
plication by  man,  or  as  static  electricity  by  nature.  But  I  must 
not  be  tempted  into  a  scientific  discussion  on  electricity.  I  am  in- 
culcating into  your  mind  important  matters  on  the  wood  question. 

"I  will  continue,  feuch  wood  as  the  hickory  and  the  black  wal- 
nut have  become  scarce  already — now,  where  is  there  such  valuable 
wood  obtained  that  supplants  the  elasticity  and  strength  of  the 
hickory?  Fortunes  could  be  made  if  some  of  the  cultivators  of  the 
soil  in  your  Western  States  had  the  foresight  to  leave  patches  of 
these  valuable  trees,  but  lire  and  the  axe  have  done  their  work  well 
and  sure.  Here  is  an  item  in  one  of  your  journals,  going  the 
rounds:  'Some  of  the  finest  walnut  trees  in  the  mountains  of 
North  Carolina  have  been  sold  at  $40  each,  just  as  they  stand  in 
the  woods,  the  purchasers  reserving  the  privilege  of  taking  them 
away  within  a  certain  number  of  years.'  Another  item  in  the 
newspapers  mentions  a  farmer  in  Missouri  who  set  out  a  grove  of 
walnut  trees  twenty  years  ago,  on  waste  laud.  They  were  recently 
sold  for  $27,000.  These  trees  are  excellent  shade  trees  besides,  and 
could  frequently  be  substituted  for  such  purposes  in  place  of  trees 
of  which  the  wood  is  of  less  value.  To  cut  it  short,  I  cannot  im- 
press upon  your  mind  too  strongly  the  urgency  for  the  protection 
of  your  future  timber  supply.  It  is  plain  enough  that  want  must 
come,  as  you  continually  cut  down  but  never  replant  as  they  do  in 
other  countries,  under  the  supervision  of  the  government. 

SCHOOL    OP    FORESTRY. 

"A  school  of  forestry,  if  there  is  none  in  your  country,  ought  to 
be  established.  From  these,  men  could  be  drawn  to  superintend 
future  undertakings.  The  laws  that  exist  for  the  protection  of  the. 


IN  PRESENCE  OF  LUCIFER.  57 

forests  ought  to  be  scrupulously  enforced,  and  if  not  sufficiently 
stringent  or  covering  a  case,  new  laws  ought  to  be  enacted  to  be 
more  effective.  The  bill  should  make  special  provisions  against  for- 
est fires.  Gross  carelessness  by  hunters,  sometimes  accidental  by 
the  concentration  of  the  sun's  rays  on  broken  bottles.  The  older 
governments,  particularly  Germany,  may  already  give  hints  what 
course  to  pursue,  for  there  this  matter  has  been  controlled  effectively 
for  many  centuries,  and  it  is  surprising  when  you  travel  through  the 
country  what  numerous  forests,  in  small  patches,  are  found  here  and 
there,  and  the  most  are  produced  by  systematic  planting  of  the  trees 
at  certain  localities  adapted  for  the  trees,  or  to  aid  as  protection  to 
the  locality. 

"During  my  discourse  to  you,  I  mentioned  the  effect  the  melting 
snow  has  upon  the  rivers  and  valleys  below,  if  the  trees  are  permit- 
ted to  be  cut  down  entirely.  I  am  aware  some  good  people  in  some 
towns  of  the  Sacramento  Valley,  make  known  to  the  world  that  the 
so-called  hydraulic  system  of  mining  has  been  the  sole  cause  of  inun- 
dations and  destruction  to  property,  but  despite  my  sympathy  being 
for  the  husbandman  and  those  who  cause  permanent  settlements,  I 
yet  insist  and  adhere  to  my  views,  that  the  wholesale  cutting  down 
of  the  forest  trees  has  been  and  will  be  an  important  factor,  to  make 
you  feel,  to  say  the  least,  very  uneasy  sometimes  in  your  valleys  in 
the  future." 

HYDRAULIC   MINING. 

At  this  I  suggested  that  he  give  his  views  upon  hydraulic  mining, 
as  the  country  was  deeply  interested  in  that  question  at  present. 
He  began  thus: 

"Every  well  regulated  government  is  compelled,  in  order  to  assist 
the  country  to  protect  its  rivers  and  highways,  and  any  country 
that  ignores  the  tiller  of  the  soil,  allowing  its  land  to  be  destroyed 
forever,  and  the  families  impoverished,  must  itself  feel  the  effect  in 
time,  even  if  at  another  locality,  a  few  men  have  enriched  them- 
selves, in  being  permitted  to  carry  on  their  mischievous  work.  The 
genius  that  causes  your  Asiatics,  under  the  guidance  of  a  white 
man,  to  point  his  powerful  monitors  or  water-giants  upon  the  moun- 
tain side,  causing  to  crumble  before  him  the  whole  mountain,  which 
he  gradually  washes  into  the  rivers  and  valleys,  and  leaving  the 
much  coveted  yellow  metal  in  safe  places  to  collect;  this  genius, 
and  another  who  commands  numerous  white  and  yellow  attendants 
armed  with  axes,  high  up  in  the  mountains,  causing  the  monarchs  of 
the  forest  to  fall  before  him — these  two  go  hand  in  hand;  one  fills  the 
rivers  with  mountains  of  debris,  and  the  other  genius  or  fiend  causes 
the  mighty  currents  of  melting  snow  to  sweep  over  the  filled  up 
rivers,  inundating  and  destroying  fertile  valleys,  farmhouses  and 
towns,  or  all  before  them.  Can  you  afford,  can  the  government  tol- 
erate this  sort  of  freedom  forever,  without  being  itself  destroyed  by 
HI  Is  it  judicious,  wise  and  justifiable  for  a  government  to  allow  a 


58  RESUSCITATED. 

few  to  become  wealthy  at  the  expense  of  the  many  by  destroying 
not  only  property  that  belongs  to  the  nation,  but  cultivated,  valua- 
ble real  estate,  for  the  future  or  several  generations'? 

"  The  property  of  the  agriculturist  must  forever  be  an  inheritance 
to  the  coming  generations.  As  long  as  he  possesses  his  land  it  will 
be  a  constant  and  more  trustworthy  mine  to  work  than  any  hy- 
draulic mine.  The  products  of  the  husbandman  are  necessary  in  all 
countries,  while  gold  is  not  absolutely  so.  The  idea  I  wish  to  con- 
vey is  that  you  cannot  subsist  upon  gold ;  that  circumstances  may 
cause  a  pound  of  food  to  be  of  more  value  than  a  pound  of  gold, 
because  the  first  is  necessary  to  sustain  life,  while  any  other  pur- 
chasing power  or  medium  may  be  made  to  represent  gold. 

"  If  you  cover  the  land  of  your  agriculturist  with  the  material 
washed  down  by  the  aid  of  water,  little  giants  and  big  giants,  man- 
ipulated by  the  sons  of  the  Flowery  Kingdom,  you  destroy  its  pro- 
ductiveness almost. forever,  and  that  signifies  the  abandoning  of  the 
land  and  all  the  improvements — it  means  the  driving  out  not  only 
of  one  family  but  thousands,  who  would  in  future  have  cultivated 
the  soil  had  it  not  been  destroyed.  Such  perpetual  mines  of  rich 
soil  and  favorable  climate  have  in  the  older  countries  been  worked 
thousands  of  years,  and  yet  every  year  a  new  supply  is  furnished  if 
the  worker  does  his  duty.  The  gold  mine  once  worked  out  has  all 
life  worked  out  of  it.  The  man  who  has  filled  his  pockets  from  the 
product  of  the  mine  has  no  love  for  the  locality  out  of  which  his 
riches  have  been  taken  that  makes  him  feel  as  big  and  heavy  as  a 
toad  loaded  down  with  shot.  Then  where  is  the  improvement  that 
these  classes  cause  to  spring  up  about  them  1  Is  there  any  sign  that 
shows  any  permanency,  as  in  the  farmer,  who  anchored  himself  to 
his  possessions  and  around  him  spring  up  new  cultivators,  which 
eventually  signifies  new  fields  and  orchards,  more  houses,  then  vil- 
lages, stores,  manufactories,  school  houses,  churches,  law  and  order, 
prosperity  and  contentedness  of  many  people. 

"The  site' may  even  be  forgotten  by  that  time,  from  which  '  Self- 
Made  Pomposity '  got  his  wealth,  had  he  not  caused  such  great 
disturbance  to  the  ground  with  his  little  rock  and  debris  lifters, 
named  Monitor  and  Little  Giant. 

"  Agriculture,  therefore,  from  this  or  on  the  threatened  land  rep- 
resents a  constant  income  in  the  future,  which  tends  to  build  up  a 
community,  building  villages  and  towns,  bringing  peace,  plenteousness 
and  happiness,  generation  after  generation,  while  the  destroyer  of 
the  land  may  live  in  plenty  in  a  foreign  country,  or  packed  his  wealth 
amongst  the  future  nabobs  of  a  large  city.  From  the  past  judge 
the  future.  Where  are  your  rich  mining  towns  and  their  improve- 
ments termed  permanent  ?  The  wealth  has  been  scattered  all  over 
the  world.  • 

"  It  is  necessary  sometimes,  in  order  to  judge  the  real  value  of  a 
thing,  not  only  to  consider  the  present  but  the  future  also ;  now,  it  is 
a  well  known  fact  that  the  cities  in  all  civilized  countries  are  steadily 


IN   PRESENCE   OP   LUCIFER.  59 

and  surely  increasing  in  population,  in  the  older  countries  even  by 
the  tide  of  immigration  that  annually  finds  its  way  in  ships  to  your 
shores,  these  cities  still  increase.  If  the  population  of  cities  is  to 
live  upon  food,  the  work  of  producing  it  depends  upon  the  cultivator 
of  the  soil,  and  that  means  the  larger  the  people  are  represented  in 
the  cities,  just  so  in  ratio  must  the  acreage  be  increased  or  new  soil 
broken. 

"Now  your  great  Sacramento  valley  alone,  when  put  in  a  proper 
condition  by  the  aid  of  both  Government  and  State,  can  be  made  to 
yield  food  to  feed  at  least  ten  millions  of  people.  Of  course,  it  re- 
quires a  great  outlay  of  money  to  make  some  of  the  richest  land 
productive  and  secure,  which  is  partially,  or  yet  under  water.  If 
the  redeeming  of  this  land  is  left  to  private  enterprises,  it  will  re- 
quire many  years  yet  to  cause  the  same  to  be  useful.  There  must 
be  a  united  and  simultaneous  movement  by  the  Government  to  aid 
in  the  improvement  and  protection  of  the  land.  It  would,  indeed, 
be  humiliating,  if  the  valley  is  left  to  be  destroyed,  when  it  offers 
so  much  in  the  future.  It  is  really  killing  a  pretty  big  goose  that 
lays  large-sized  golden  eggs. 

'•As  one  who  is  supposed  to  know  your  species  pretty  well,  hav- 
ing had  under  my  care  so  many  characters,  I  may  add  my  idea,  and 
it  is  this:  The  gold  in  your  mountains  is  an  established  fact,  and 
just  so  l9ng  as  the  much-coveted  yellow  metal  lies  there  undisturbed, 
just  so  long  will  the  cupidity  and  general  love  for  gold  by  man  strive 
to  extract  it.  If  your  laws  are  wise,  preventing  the  heretofore 
adopted  system  of  extracting  the  gold,  and  filling  rivers  and  valleys 
below,  it  will  by  no  means  stop  the  work  to  procure  the  gold  by 
some  other  means,  and  if  injury  is  not  caused,  will,  of  course,  be 
permitted  to  be  carried  out.  Sooner  or  later  the  tempting  metal  must 
come  out,  or  my  faith  in  the  Yankee  spirit  has  not  been  well  placed. 
In  many  localities  the  cultivators  of  the  soil,  in  which  the  orchard- 
ists  and  similar  occupations  are  included,  and  the  miner,  must  go 
hand  in  hand,  often  representing  one  arid  the  same  person.  The 
man  may  milk  his  mine,  as  he  does  his  cow,  and  for  this  there  is  a 
proper  time,  or  when  not  occupied  in  his  other  industries. 

"The  surface  belongs  to  the  tiller  of  the  soil  and  his  associates; 
the  bowels  of  the  earth  to  the  miner;  and  there  are  countries  where 
both  are  well  worked,  the  tiller  of  the  ground  using  his  plow  and 
spade  in  closest  proximity  to  the  dumps  of  the  quartz  mines." 

THE   WATER    USED    FOR    IRRIGATION. 

"As  in  other  countries,  so  it  will  be  found  in  your  State,  that  the 
land  is  of  great  value,  despite  the  fsct  of  its  being  more  elevated. 
You  have,  besides,  the  great  advantages  in  climate,  for  wherever  the 
fluid  can  be  placed  that  the  hungry  and  thirsty  plant  requires  for 
its  nourishment,  there  it  will  flourish  and  thrive.  If  the  law  of  the 
land  compels  those  who  have  invested  large  capital  in  hydraulic 
works  to  discontinue  the  methods  they  have  adopted  to  extract  the 


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gold  from  the  mountains,  they  must  utilize  the  force  of  water  for 
more  peaceful  purposes,  i.  e.}  making  their  outlay  remunerative  by 
selling  the  water  to  the  tiller  of  the  soil  for  irrigation  purposes,  and 
by  this  method  the  loss  sustained,  to  a  certain  extent,  may  be  of  the 
greatest  benefit  to  many  people.  In  carrying  out  such  plans  it  will, 
however,  be  necessary  for  the  capitalist,  as  well  as  for  the  State 
itself,  to  show  greater  energy  in  bringing  to  your  mountains  the 
requisite  and  proper  immigration  from  the  various  countries  of  Eu- 
rope, or  those  best  adapted  for  the  cultivation  of  the  particular 
plant,  or  plants,  to  which  the  soil  and  locality  has  been  specially 
found  to  be  adapted,  and  to  most  localities,  not  too  greatly  elevated, 
the  grape-vine  and  the  numerous  fruit  trees  have  already  proved 
themselves  to  be  profitable  in  their  cultivation.  Thus  it  may  be 
found  in  twenty  to  thirty  years  the  hydraulic  works  have  shown 
themselves  of  great  benefit— been,  in  fact,  a  sort  of  advance  to  a 
higher  stage  of  civilization. 

"Often  what  man  considers  a  great  injury,  turns  out  in  the  end  a 
blessing  and  benefit.  It  is  reported  that  the  time  has  almost  arrived 
when  the  majority  of  your  people  residing  in  the  Southern  States 
will  admit  that  the  abolishment  of  slavery  was  a  great  benefit,  rather 
than  an  injury,  to  a  large  community,  despite  the  great  financial 
losses  connected  with  it.  The  time  may  also  arrive  when  the  same 
may  be  said  regarding  the  hydraulic  works  of  California.  Gold  was 
the  first  attraction  that  brought  civilized  man  to  your  State,  but  the 
product  gathered  has  been  scattered  over  the  world.  Agriculture, 
and  related  sisters,  have  gradually  supplanted  the  first  industry,  and 
are  developing  the  whole  State,  and  will  hold  the  same  in  future, 
too;  but  the  gold  in  the  mountains  still  remains  as  a  great  treasure- 
house  for  coming  generations,  proving  itself,  when  brought  into  con- 
centration, a  blessing  or  a  curse,  according  to  its  application. 

"There  are  people  in  your  State  so  unreasonable  as  to  say  that  it 
would  have  been  far  better  for  your  country,  and  mankind  generally, 
if  the  gold  discoveries  had  never  been  made  on  your  coast  about  the 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-nine.  In  opposition  to  this,  one 
might  inquire  what  other  attraction  was  there  then  offered  to  cause 
people  to  visit  a  comparatively  unknown  country?  Believe  me,  Mr. 
Smith,  as  in  nature,  so  in  the  history  of  man— there  is  a  guiding 
force,  which  emanates  from  the  highest  fountain  head,  or  the  Ruler 
of  the  universe,  and  He  that  rules  the  universe  not  only  designed  to 
cause  a  great  rush  to  California  from  all  parts  of  the  civilized  world, 
in  order  to  carry  off  the  precious  metals  stored  in  the  bowels  of  its 
mountains,  but  he  intended,  likewise,  that  the  land  should  be  peo- 
pled, and  many  happy  homes  established,  by  the  industry  of  private 
individuals,  and  capitalists  too.  This  theory  will,  of  course,  show 
my  optimism;  but  my  age,  the  preceding  history  of  your  world,  and 
the  great  confidence  I  have  in  the  wisdom  of  an  Almighty  Ruler,  all 
point  to  the  verification  of  the  idea. 

"Every  great  event  taking  place  is  therefore  put  forward  as  a 
forerunner  that  wih  cause  some  great  revolution  or  change.  Upon 


IN    PRESENCE    OP    LUCIFER.  61 

the  same  reasoning  you  may  take  for  granted  that  an  Alexander, 
Julius  Caesar,  Napoleon,  and  other  noted  warriors,  did  not  arrive 
without  a  design.  Apply  this  to  noted  reformers,  scientists,  discov- 
erers, music,  art,  and  to  general  progression.  Just  when  the  proper 
time  arrives,  the  tool  or  instrument  to  produce  certain  acts  will  be 
found  ready;  but  as  in  the  cultivation  of  a  plant,  it  often  requires 
previous  preparation,  and  the  proper  time  for  the  plant  to  take  root 
and  grow.  I  hope  you  will  comprebend  the  philosophy,  Mr.  Smith, 
presented  to  you." 

SECURIITY    OP    DAMS. 

"But  to  return  to  hydraulic  mining.  Do  you  not  think  by  im- 
pounding the  debris  from  the  mines  by  means  of  strong  dams,  the 
system  adopted  thus  far  could  be  harmlessly  continued?"  I  asked. 

Lucifer  answered:  "To  a  certain  extent,  yes;  by  building  your 
dams  secure  and  a  number  in  succession  equally  strong,  a  great  deal 
causing  damage  could  be  obviated.  One  strong  dam  still  allows  the 
suspended  material  to  find  its  way  into  the  rivers,  and  when  the 
water  is  high  the  danger  that  these  dams  may  cause  is  great.  There 
are  further,  everywhere,  unprincipled  people  who  care  not  for  life  or 
property.  The  great  forces  which  man  now  wields  can  be  made  use 
of.  The  force  which  causes  the  walls  of  fortifications  to  crumble  to 
dust,  or  break  tons  of  solid  metal,  could  equally  as  well  destroy 
your  strongest  dams.  All  the  high  explosives,  or  those  which  are 
converted  from  the  solid  to  the  gaseous  state  by  heat  and  concussion 
instantly,  are  in  a  condition  to  be  used  by  every  ill  disposed  person. 
In  spite  of  having  laws  enacted  punishing  the  criminality  to  the 
greatest  extent,  you  would  have  yet  to  catch  your  man  before  you 
hang  him. 

SACRAMENTO   VALLEY — ITS   FUTURE. 

"Whether  hydraulic  mining  be  discontinued  or  not,  whether  dams 
be  built  or  the  water  left  to  follow  the  laws  of  gravitation  unhin- 
dered, it  should  not  prevent  the  dwellers  below  from  attending  to 
the  duty  of  fortifying  its  rivers  and  the  towns  against  the  periodical 
attacks  of  water  coming  down  from  such  high  elevations  as  your 
Sierra  Nevadas.  Every  year  a  little  ought  to  be  added,  and  the 
older  work  faithfully  inspected  by  competent  persons.  'A  stitch  in 
time  saves  nine,'  you  know,  and  'an  ounce  of  prevention  is  better 
than  a  pound  of  cure.' 

"This  is  one  of  nature's  laws,  the  locality  allows  nature  to  carry 
it  out,  but  the  ingenuity  of  man,  the  mind,  has  control  over  matter 
and  can  hinder  or  lead  nature's  forces  aside  or  away  from  the  threat- 
ened place.  It  cannot  be  done  in  all  cases,,  but  this  can  be  mastered. 
There  is  probably  no  country  in  your  world,  no  matter  how  favored, 
which  has  not  something  that  prevents  it  from  being  called  perfect, 
according  to  man's  theories.  It  is  too  hot,  or  cold;  earth- 
quakes shake  it  up  too  often;  cyclones  twist  everything  out 


62  RESUSCITATED. 

of  shape,  whirling  it  into  its  whirlwind;  hurricanes  dash  over 
the  country,  showing  no  more  respect  to  the  mansion  of  the 
rich  than  it  does  for  the  most  insignificant  hovel  of  the  poor. 
On  water  and  land,  in  the  valley  and  high  mountain,  in  the 
city  or  the  country,  everywhere  some  flaw — some  defect — some 
trouble  is  felt,  and  yet  the  inhabitant  of  the  far  north  could  not 
appreciate  the  favorable  points  of  the  native  who  has  the  equator 
for  his  home.  Everywhere  the  native  is  attached  to  his  country, 
even  if  surrounded  with  numerous  dangers. 

"Nature  is  represented  to  you  often  in  quite  a  crude  state.  Mate- 
rial is  often  placed  in  your  hands  offering  no  attraction  of  beauty, 
but  by  the  accumulated  knowledge  handed  down  from  generations 
you  are  enabled  to  fashion,  a  thing  of  beauty  out  of  the  rough  mate- 
rial, putting  it  in  shape  and  adapting  it  to  its  wants.  The  higher 
civilization  rises  the  larger  will  be  the  demand  of  the  coming  man. 
Hundreds  of  things  and  objects  you  find  necessary  to  live  a  culti- 
vated life  in  a  large  city  are  not  of  the  slightest  consequence  to  the 
savage ;  he  could  not  derive  any  benefit  to  amuse  himself  out  of  it, 
for  the  thing  requires  mental  and  physical  training,  or  it  must  be 
learned  how  to  work  it. 

"  Necessity,  also,  as  I  previously  remarked,  plays  an  important 
part.  Every  young  bird  hatched  requires  the  killing  of  so  many 
more  insects  for  food ;  every  new  baby  born  means  thnt  the  new 
creature  wants  a  certain  amount  of  food  and  room.  The  farmer  in 
possession  of  one  hundred  acres  of  uncultivated  land,  may  sustain 
himself  and  wife  upon  so  many  acres  of  cultivated  land,  but  if  he 
increases  his  family  by  the  addition  of  children  the  acreage  of  culti- 
vated land  must  gradually  be  increased  in  order  to  support  them. 
This  applies  to  a  county,  a  State,  a  republic  or  empire  equally  as 
well. 

"  Holland  is  said  to  have  robbed  the  ocean  of  much  valuable  land, 
which  is  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation  now,  and  thousands  of  human 
beings  are  at  present  found  happy  in  localities  where  centuries  ago 
the  waves  and  wind  ruled  alone.  It  is  now  beginning  to  add  many 
thousands  of  acres  more  by  the  draining  of  a  large  sea.  But  it  re- 
quired great  energy,  much  expenditure  of  money,  and  yet  constant 
vigilance  to  prevent  the  old  enemy  from  taking  back,  by  force,  in  a 
short  time  where  it  required  many,  many  years  to  lock  and  coax 
him  out.  To  a  certain  extent  it  will  ever  be  thus  with  your  Sacra- 
mento valley.  The  fertile  valley  must  be  brought  to  a  high  state  of 
cultivation,  but  it  must  be  properly  protected  also.  Many  a  home 
must  be  created  out  of  crude  and  uninviting  land,  and  yet  by  proper 
cultivation  it  will  be  made  to  bloom  and  bear  fruit,  and  bring  plenty 
to  the  originator  and  worker,  for  the  land  is  rich  and  the  climate 
propitious. 

"  But  when  the  land  is  brought  to  the  highest  state  of  cultivation, 
be  it  to  bear  fruit  or  grain,  when  the  improvements  are  made  by  which 
a  whole  family  can  live  happy  and  in  modern  style,  it  yet  must  be 


IN    PRESENCE    OP    LUCIFER.  63 

protected,  if  built  in  such  a  manner  that  water  can  destroy  all  the 
work  of  years.  High  water  in  a  valley  like  the  Sacramento  valley  is 
bound  to  show  its  force.  If  one  year  is  passed  by  and  no  protection 
made  for  the  next  year,  all  the  improvements  may  go  at  one  sweep, 
and  this  applies  equally  as  well  to  a  city  or  any  other  improvement 
exposed  to  the  force  of  water.  Therefore,  it  behooves  your  people, 
occupying  the  valley,  not  only  to  look  to  the  present,  but  to  commence 
in  seating  your  children  or  coming  generations  more  secure,  and  that 
signifies,  place  life  and  property  out  of  danger,  which  will  require 
expenditure  of  money  and  labor  for  the  present.  Will  you  look  to 
it  1  Is  that  the  standpoint  from  which  you  reason  ?  Do  you  in- 
tend to  look  into  the  future  and  commence  to  lay  part  of  the  foun- 
dation to  secure  your  children  or  the  coming  generations  1  There  is 
much  to  be  feared  that  your  people  live  only  for  the  present,  and 
that  means  to  'get  a  big  slice  from  the  pie  that's  being  divided  now — 
'  never  inind  the  future,  let's  make  money  now.'  It  is  this  only 
which  entitles  one  to  respect  and  honor,  and  he  that  possesses  it  in 
abundance  or  has  its  equivalent,  already  exercises  more  force  in  your 
republic  than  many  a  potentate  of  Europe,  and  keeps  himself  ex- 
cluded probably  far  more  from  the  common  lot  of  human  beings 
than  many  a  noted  noble  of  the  old  world.  Also,  in  their  travels  or 
journeys  over  your  extensive  country,  this  acquired  wealth  enables 
them  to  exclude  themselves  by  chartering  a  whole  railroad  car  or 
train,  in  order  to  come  only  in  contact  with  their  own  class.  This 
remark  is  made  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-two  below. 
Investigate  and  compare  how  far  it  has  been  carried  out  fifty  years 
later,  if  you  still  exist." 

THE  NATION'S  DEBT  AND  TAXES. 

"We  will  now  speak  of  matters  concerning  the  nation  mostly,  and 
it  will  be  necessary  to  be  brief,  as  your  absence  must  not  be  pro- 
longed," said  Lucifer. 

"To  begin  with,  we  will  touch  the  debt  of  your  country,  or  the 
United  States  of  America.  Our  opinion  here  is,  that  it  is  being 
paid  off  too  rapidly,  which  is  not  at  all  necessary.  Coming  genera- 
tions ought  to  assist,  and  as  the  population  is  continually  on  the  in- 
crease, it  will  be  far  easier  in  the  future.  Only  articles  of  luxury 
ought  to  be  taxed,  and  particularly  those  manufactured  articles 
which  cause  so  much  unhappiness,  ought  to  help  to  pay  the  principal 
portion  of  the  debt  in  the  future.  If  tobacco  causes  harm,  it  would 
be  better  if  less  were  used;  and  thus  it  may  be  with  your  alcoholic 
beverages,  excepting  pure  wine.  Beer  and  wine  ought  to  be  taxed 
more  reasonably,  for  in  those  beverages  lies  a  safeguard  against  in- 
temperance of  the  grosser  sort.  People  will  drink,  despite  all  the 
phantoms  and  scarecrows  of  the  total  abstinence  class.  If  beer  and 
wine  were  looked  upon  more  as  food  and  drink,  the  danger  would 
also  be  less. 

"In  regard  to  the  debt,  the  world  must  acknowledge  that  there  is 
no  nation  in  existence  who  is  enabled  to  pay  off  such  enormous 


64  RESUSCITATED. 

amounts  every  month.  But  you  have  such  vast  resources,  some 
only  to  be  developed  when  required,  which  is  another  reason  why 
the  debt  should  be  paid  off  more  in  the  future,  when  the  country 
has  become  richer,  or  been  settled  up  more  permanently. 

"Some  of  the  articles  in  daily  use  are  unjustly  taxed,  compara- 
tively speaking.  I  will  only  introduce  one  item,  and  that  is  matches 
— 'Lucifer  matches,'  you  know.  You  put  a  tax  on  those,  and  every 
poor  woman  in  the  land  must  use  them  at  present.  You  cannot  go 
back  to  flint  and  steel,  for  these  matches  have  become  of  as  much 
use  as  a  newspaper,  and  certainly  more  than  a  fine  chandelier,  car- 
riage, large  mirror,  rocking  chair,  or  a  display  of  jewelry.  All  the 
latter  articles  could  be  dispensed  with,  and  must  of  necessity  be  by 
many  people,  and  yet  no  taxation  is  placed  upon  them.  The  matches 
are  far  more  necessary  than  some  luxurious  food.  The  tax  ought  to 
be  annulled  as  soon  as  possible,  for  it  is  an  unjust  taxation  in  com- 
parison with  other  articles." 

QUALIFICATIONS    OF    CITIZENS    AND    CANDIDATES. 

"Education  ought  to  be  made  compulsory  in  every  State,  as  a 
safeguard.  Every  boy  and  girl  in  the  land  ought  to  be  made  to  at- 
tend school  a  certain  time  every  year,  so,  at  least,  to  learn  to  read 
and  write.  You  certainly  cannot  boast  that  your  people  rank  first 
in  education,  when  you  have  over  six  millions  of  people  in  the 
United  States  who  can  neither  read  nor  write,  which  would  make 
the  percentage  about  twelve  or  thirteen  in  one  hundred  persons. 
One  of  t^hese  American  sovereigns  may  be  proud  of  his  native  coun- 
try, which  permits  him  to  place  his  ballot,  or  vote,  in  opposition  to 
an  educated  person,  who  knows  what  he  is  casting  his  ballot  for, 
while  the  ignoramus  relies  entirely  upon  hearsay.  No  man  should 
be  permitted  to  exercise  the  right  of  a  citizen  who  has  not  acquired 
sufficient  education  to  read  and  write,  and  know  something  of  the 
laws  by  which  your  country  is  ruled.  If  a  foreigner,  who  cannot 
read  his  own  language,  or  does  not  desire  to  acquire  the  English 
language,  he  is  hardly  fit  to  make  a  good  American  citizen.  To 
speak  plainer  still,  it  is  high  time  to  exercise  more  judgment  in  rush- 
ing your  new-fledged  citizens  on  the  stage  of  action.  Be  positive 
first  that  the  man  makes  a  good  citizen  and  is  intelligent,  for  out  of 
this  class  sometimes  your  officers  are  chosen.  If  candidates  are  not 
qualified  by  education  to  hold  an  office,  they  ought  not  to  be  placed 
on  the  ticket  to  be  voted  for;  but  even  if  elected,  they  should  be 
prevented  from  taking  the  position. 

"The  people  want  more  intelligence  from  their  officers  and  ser- 
vants who  manage  the  public  affairs.  And  not  only  intelligence  is 
required,  but  honesty  is  greatly  needed  for  the  present  and  future. 
No  manufacturing  company,  railroad  or  steamboat  company,  or 
large  mercantile  firm,  chooses  men  unless  they  possess  some  reputa- 
tion in  the  branch  for  which  they  were  chosen;  why  then  should 
the  people  of  your  country  have  men  put  in  office  to  manage  public 


IN  PRESENCE  OP  LUCIFER.  65 

affairs  and  handle  the  necessary  funds,  if  their  knowledge  or  education 
doesnot  tit  them,  and  are  besides  dishonest?  In  large  cities  of  America 
this  is  of  considerable  importance,  and  much  of  the  mismanagement 
may  be  laid  at  the  door  of  incompetents.  But,  despite  the  lack  of 
brains  in  their  head,  it  is  so  balanced  that  'self  preservation  is  the 
first  law  of  nature,'  so  at  the  end  of  their  term  it  matters  little 
whether  the  public  suffered  or  not,  they  themselves  did  not,  finan- 
cially. Very  often  the  salary  from  the  office  somehow  made  them 
rich,  and  being  that,  means  likewise  to  be  highly  honored  in  your 
country — in  fact,  of  the  two,  having  the  brains  in  the  head  in  one, 
and  the  equivalent  of  brains  in  the  pocket  of  the  other,  the  latter 
is  thought  the  most  of  by  not  a  few. 

THE   JURY    SYSTEM. 

"Some  change  is  required  in  the  jury  system.  The  rule  that  in  a 
verdict  the  jury  must  be  unanimous,  does  not  agree  with  the  present 
age.  Out  of  twelve  men,  the  majority  ought  to  rule,  just  as  in  any 
proceeding  of  societies,  companies,  or  in  your  legislative  halls,  when 
laws  are  enacted  or  important  questions  are  voted  upon.  Also  the 
idea,  because  a  man  read  a  newspaper  report  of  a  crime,  he  must  be 
incapable  of  performing  jury  duty,  is  quite  behind  the  age,  allowing 
only  the  more  ignorant  to  act  as  jurors,  for  every  intelligent  citizen 
reads  some  local  paper  every  day  at  present.  Many  criminals 
would  be  more  justly  punished  by  an  experienced  judge  than  twelve 
jurymen  who  never  heard  or  read  about  the  case,  or  not  formed 
some  sort  of  opinion  when  they  did  read  it.  However,  this  is  a 
question  in  which  no  haste  should  be  exercised,  as  judges  are  human 
too ;  can  rule  inhumanly  and  be  corrupted  also.  In  some  of  the  older 
conntries  where  they  desired  this  right  for  a  century  or  more,  and 
have  now  got  it,  they  have  become  already  tired  of  it,  for  it  takes 
up  much  valuable  time  of  those  who  are  drawn  as  jurors,  and  who 
are  mostly  engaged  in  some  kind  of  business.  The  fact  is,  nations 
are  pretty  much  like  children.  A  rattle  in  the  hand  of  an  infant 
causes  a  desire  of  the  other  infant  to  possess  one  also,  and  when  it 
has  one  it  is  soon  thrown  away.  If  there  were  not  some  wise  men 
at  the  head  of  some  nations,  with  flexible  and  strong  nerves  as  well 
as  back  bones,  the  nation  or  family  would  often  suffer,  as  some 
members  would  show  themselves  unruly.  There  must  be  a  MUST 
placed  before  the  unruly  member  of  the  family,  or  the  rabble  of 
large  cities,  for  if  they  were  permitted  to  carry  on  their  style,  society 
generally  would  suffer.  Of  course  the  cry  is,  'liberty  is  suppressed,' 
but  the  toleration  of  such  liberty  means  the  destruction  of  a  city  or 
the  governmsnt  of  the  country  in  the  end,  and  against  this  every 
well  meaning  man  and  woman  must  be  opposed. 

TOO    MUCH    LIBERTY   TO   THE   YOUTH. 

"Your  young  people  enjoy  too  much  liberty,  which  often  is  turned 
to  wanton  vandalism,  and  frequently  injury  is  inflicted  on  them- 
selves. This  applies  principally  to  boys,  and  young  men  under 


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twenty  years  of  age,  who  ape  after  their  elders,  and  frequently  at 
an  early  age  have  acquired  habits  which  physically  and  mentally 
would  wreck  even  the  older  and  stronger  men.  Is  it  any  wonder 
then  that  many  die  before  their  time?  Where  lies  the  fault  but  in 
the  want  of  strong  nerves  and  the  back  bone  of  the  one  who  repre- 
sents the  house  or  family1!  At  an  earlier  age  it  is  the  mother  who 
molds  the  child's  mind,  but  does  she  do  it  properly?  Something  is 
wrong  in  the  management  of  the  children.  No  such  politeness  is 
shown  to  the  aged  and  strangers  as  in  other  countries.  The  latter, 
if  but  lately  arrived  from  another  country,  may  receive  instead  of 
politeness,  only  mockery,  vile  epithets,  or  feel  the  hardness  of  a 
brickbat.  This  is  not  overdrawn,  as  you  well  know,  Mr.  Smith,  for 
you  are  aware  there  is  a  certain  class  of  human  beings  sojourning 
with  you,  to  do  menial  labor  principally  in  your  State,  who  fre- 
quently have  been  murdered  even  by  boys.  Was  there  ever  one 
seriously  punished  for  it?  If  so,  how  often  were  the  criminals  pun- 
ished, and  how  severely  was  such  punishment  meted  out  to  the  cul- 
prits? 

It  is  necessary,  probably,  to  inform  you  that  in  the  station  we 
occupy,  we  cannot  show  any  favoritism.  We  cannot  in  our  way  of 
judging  the  souls  of  human  beings,  put  you  in  the  front  ranks,  sim- 
ply because  you  represent  yourselves  as  Caucasians  and  the  follow- 
ers of  Christ's  teachings,  but  carry  out  little  of  His  acts.  Would  it 
be  just  to  ignore  the  disciple  of  Confucius  if  he  acted  more  honora- 
bly than  you,  even  if  you  were  a  reputed  follower  of  Christ's  supe- 
rior teachings,  which  you  never  carry  out.  We  judge  the  acts  of 
men.  The  white  race  is  not  better  than  the  yellow,  nor  is  the  yel- 
low better  than  the  black,  owing  to  its  color  or  professed  religion. 
Therefore  our  opinion  in  the  ill  treatment  of  these  so-call  yellow 
heathens,  differs  somewhat  with  you,  although  we  attach  no  blame 
to  you  in  endeavoring  to  preserve  your  nationality,  or  take  as  immi- 
grants those  who  are  more  related  to  you  as  being  of  one  type,  sim- 
ilar religion  and  civilization.  But  when  you  permit  your  youngsters 
or  brutal  men  to  carry  out  criminal  acts,  often  unpunished,  your 
boasted  Christianity  is  open  to  some  doubt.  This  is  no  attack  upon 
the  teacher,  but  upon  the  pretended  followers. 

"  Boys  in  every  country  will  show  their  spirit — the  young  animal 
does,  also — and  the  parents  of  both  animal  and  man  are  obliged,  in 
their  peculiar  way,  to  caution,  guide,  and  protect  them  until  strong 
enough  themselves.  If  a  boy  shows  animal  spirit  he  is  by  no  means 
wicked,  even  if  he  has  his  little  fun  here  and  there  at  the  expense 
of  others,  elders  overlook  it ;  but  just  as  soon  as  wanton  destruction 
of  property  takes  place  in  a  city,  when  the  monuments  of  the  dead 
are  mutilated,  houses  burned  down,  the  weaker  sex  publicly  insulted 
on  the  streets,  men  knocked  down,  and  a  supposed  inferior  race  ill- 
treated  wherever  brought  in  contact  with  them,  then  fun  and  sport 
has  ceased — the  boundary  line  was  overstepped  and  judicious  punish- 
ment must  be  served  out ;  and  if  the  head  of  the  house  has  lost  con- 


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trol  of  such  children,  the  local  or  State  government  must  take  charge 
of  them.  Far  better  and  more  profitable  to  the  State  than  under 
safe  iron  doors  and  strong  locks  years  after.  Of  course,  you  catch 
the  hares  before  you  cook  them.  The  boys  have  to  be  caught  also 
first. 

DEMORALIZING    LITERATURE. 

"  The  literature,  too,  that  the  young  of  both  sexes  have  access  to, 
and  visible  all  about  your  cities,  has  a  bad  effect  when  read  by  them. 
Upon  the  imaginative  young  man  or  girl,  the  pictures  and  stories 
drawn  and  reported  have  often  a  more  serious  effect  than  gross 
reality.  At  the  last  the  yet  pure  mind  would  be  disgusted,  while 
in  the  pictures  art  displayed  itself,  being  inviting  and  overdoing 
itself  generally.  The  sophistry  adopted  in  some  of  these  stories  is 
so  subtle  that  the  youth  can  hardly  suspect  that  any  wrong  is  meant 
by  it.  Thus  murder  may  be  covered  up  by  the  gallantry  displayed 
in  behalf  of  a  young  woman,  and  the  murderer  put  forward  as  the 
hero,  although  he  may  subsequently  ruin  the  girl  and  make  her  the 
vilest  of  the  vile  himself;  his  crime  in  the  end  cpnsists  only  of  a 
trine  too  much  of  youthful  folly.  The  young  people  whose  minds 
devour  and  store  up  such  bad  readings  may,  in  course  of  time,  think 
themselves  justified  in  carrying  out  acts  of  which  they  have  read  so 
frequently  as  being  only  youthful  indiscretions.  Such  reading  is  a 
subtle  poison  to  the  mind,  which,  if  persisted  in,  will  gradually  but 
surely  show  its  effect  sooner  or  later. 

"  Beading  at  the  present  wields  a  powerful  influence,  and  will  in 
future  be  increased.  What  was  formerly  communicated  to  you  in 
words  the  newspapers  and  telegraph  can  put  in  your  mind  in  shorter 
time.  The  editor  or  writer  is  therefore  not  only  representing  his 
profession  alone,  but  he  can  act  the  minister  of  the  gospel  and  school- 
master or  the  moralist  and  teacher  also,  and  if  the  last  two  are 
wolves  in  sheep's  disguise  the  morality  of  the  people  must  be  de- 
based and  brought  lower  as  the  power  of  the  press  increases  of  that 
class. 

"  Many  of  the  pictures  and  descriptions  of  your  flashy  newspapers 
are  unreliable  and  untruthful.  It  is  true,  the  work  is  well  finished 
and  the  artist  has  learned,  by  drawing  on  imagination,  to  embellish 
his  pictures  to  please  his  patrons.  They  draw  quite  well — deeper 
and  deeper,  nearer  and  nearer,  many  a  youth  in  the  same  direction, 
and  place  them  right  upon  the  same  track  to  be  propelled  backward 
to  the  dumping  off  place  of  filth  and  misery. 

"  Of  course  the  public  must  have  its  wants,  either  naturally  or 
artificially,  gratified.  The  restaurateur  prepares  his  food  as  de- 
manded, the  manager  of  a  theater  must  procure  plays  that  '  take,' 
and  probably  the  publisher  of  such  journals,  laying  bare  and  illus- 
trating the  vices  and  wrong  doings  of  a  nation,  dishes  up  his  mental 
food  to  gratify  the  lover  of  arts  and  the  student  of  the  higher  litera- 
ture. (?)  If  the  government  of  a  country  can  tolerate  this  sort  of  lib- 


()8  RESUSCITATED. 

erty  to  its  young  people,  the  mother  may  just  as  well  allow  little 
Johnny  to  devour  all  the  jam,  preserves,  and  sweetmeats  together 
and  expect  the  boy  will  grow  healthier,  wiser,  and  improve  generally. 
"Do  you  not  think,  Mr.  Smith,"  Lucifer  continued,  "that  the 
sophistry  of  some  papers,  in  combination  with  some  noted  politicians, 
had  something  to  do  in  the  execution  of  a  recent  great  crime  against 
the  very  head,  or  chief  of  your  nation1?  The  mind  of  a  man  that  is 
weakly  balanced,  and  has  had  access  to  such  sort  of  reasoning,  may 
think  himself  justified  in  having  carried  out  an  act  by  which  the 
whole  world  was  shocked,  and  one  need  not  be  surprised  if  a  man  of 
such  a  diseased  mind  does  think  himself  a  benefactor  to  mankind, 
and  a  martyr  too.  In  order  to  hem  in,  or  curb  this  increasing  mis- 
chief, you  must  have  just  and  influential  men  appointed  in  every 
State,  or  large  city,  to  act  as  censors  of  the  press  and  its  illustra- 
tions. You  prohibit  obscene  pictures  to  be  exhibited,  and  make  it  a 
criminal  offense.  Often  such  pictures  are  as  pure  as  is  the  mind  of 
a  child  to  that  of  a  debauched  person,  when  compared  with  some 
illustrations  in  your  papers.  A  picture  of  a  human  being,  or  a 
statue,  may  be  represented  perfectly  nude,  and  yet  remain  pure ;  or, 
in  other  words,  awaken  no  impure  thoughts,  while  the  half-clad  rep- 
resentation of  a  human  being  may  suggest  a  corrupt  thought  to  the 
mind  of  a  half-grown  youth,  or  an  intelligent  child.  In  this  much, 
over-much  hypocrisy  is  exhibited,  which  you  seldom  meet  in  the 
older  countries.  Pure  statuary  and  paintings,  representing  nature 
truthfully,  even  half-clad,  or  unclad,  has  not  a  tendency  to  lower  the 
standard  of  morality  in  a  nation,  while  the  unnatural  position,  the 
connection  with  the  surroundings,  or  even  the  disconnection,  may 
have  a  tendency  to  make  such  an  exhibition  immoral.  To  the  pure, 
most  things  appear  pure;  to  the  'I  want  to  appear  pure,'  very  many 
things  would  be  open  to  criticism,  for  such  a  person  would  like  to 
make  a  display  of  an  article  he  or  she  does  in  reality  not  possess, 
otherwise  than  as  a  counterfeit. 

"On  the  same  principle  the  young  people  are  frequently  judged. 
A  certain  class  would  rather  have  their  young  act  like  old  men  and 
women,  than  to  make  any  display  of  youthfulness.  What  is  this  but 
hypocrisy1?  A  young  man  or  woman,  with  no  spirit  or  animation, 
no  liveliness,  is  one  in  whom  nature  has  taken  very  little  interest,  or 
who  has  been  stricken  by  some  disease,  or  great  sorrow,  but  the  lat- 
ter will,  in  course  of  time,  be  overcome  even.  Often  such  a  being 
may  be  less  pure  in  thought,  but  has  learned  to  control  his  actions, 
so  frequently  judgment  can  be  mistaken.  The  young  must  have 
recreation;  they  cannot  be  cooped  up  in  your  day,  night,  and  Sun- 
day schools,  or  churches,  all  the  tima  If  the  mind  is  to  be  devel- 
oped healthily,  the  physical  part  of  the  human  being  cannot  be 
neglected. 

RATIONAL    RECREATION    FOR    THE    YOUNG    PEOPLE. 

"The  narrow-minded  views  of  some  classes  of  religionists  cannot 


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be  placed  at  the. head  as  a  guide.  Such  people  see  sins  sticking  out 
in  every  direction.  The  devil  is  let  loose,  in  his  various  disguises,  to 
lure  the  young  to  him.  Thus  almost  all  the  pleasures  of  youth  have 
a  devil  behind  them  to  destroy  the  one  who  indulges  in  them.  The 
devil  who  causes  the  greatest  mischief  is,  according  to  our  way  of 
seeing  things  on  your  world,  intemperance.  You  do  not  learn  when 
you  have  enough  of  the  pleasure.  In  your  country,  many  things 
are  overdone.  Even  over-study,  over-work,  and  too  much  praying, 
might  be  termed  intemperance. 

"Rational  exercise,  dancing,  riding  on  horseback,  swimming,  ath- 
letic games,  fencing,  boxing,  archery,  shooting  with  pistol  and  rifle, 
and  similar  in  and  out  of  door  amusements,  can  be  indulged  in,  and 
in  the  exercise  of  some  the  young  man  or  woman  need  not  be  de- 
based. Some  of  these  exercises  may  be  extremely  beneficial,  not 
only  to  the  person  practicing,  but  also  to  others.  A  person  who  can 
swim  well,  may  thus  have  acquired  a  more  useful  knowledge  than 
that  of  dancing,  and  a  person  who  has  learned  to  defend  himself  by 
natural  means,  may  not  resort  to  arms,  and  thereby  kill  his  antag- 
onist. 

"Walking  in  the  United  States  has  found  but  little  favor  thus  far, 
excepting  in  drilling  the  soldier.  It  is  often  wiser  to  walk  than  to 
ride  in  your  tine  vehicles,  which  may  give  you  pure  air  but  not  the 
exercise  necessary,  which  the  body  requires.  It  is  trne  there  have 
been  numerous  walking  matches  quite  frequently  indulged  in  by 
delicate  women,  in  which  the  mind,  or  superior  will  power,  forced 
the  body  to  unnatural  performance  for  the  sake  of  gain,  and  was 
from  beginning  to  end  an  unnatural  transaction.  No  such  intem- 
perate exercise  or  torture  to  a  human  being  should  be  tolerated  any 
more  than  prize  fighting  or  carrying  out  duels.  There  is  nothing  in 
such  undertakings  that  has  a  tendency  to  elevate  mankind,  and  this 
may  be  applied  when  an  animal  is  used  to  show  its  superiority  over 
another. 

"A  man  goading  two  animals  to  mortal  combat,  so  that  one  is 
killed,  the  other  maimed  for  life,  cannot  be  a  moral  benefactor  to 
his  race.  There  are  too  many  in  your  country  who  would  be  only 
~too  glad  if  the  animal  was  sacrificed  upon  which  they  staked  their 
dollars,  provided  the  horse  came  out  victorious.  Such  undertakings 
have  no  connection  with  rational  exercises  of  the  young  and  old, 
and  ought  to  be  put  down  as  cruelty  to  animal  and  man.  Bull 
tights  and  cock  fights  take  off"  the  finer  feelings  of  man.  No  such 
idea  in  the  carrying  out  of  bodily  exercise  is  meant.  Moderation 
and  temperance  in  all  things. 

HIGH    PRETENSION'S    IN    MORALITY    TESTED. 

"I  have  long  ere  this  been  convinced  that  angels  cannot  be  made 
from  the  average  boy  or  girl,  man  or  woman,  before  their  time.  The 
matter  has  been  explained  to  you  that  none  are  perfect  who  arrive 
from  below,  or  not  one  in  ten  millions  who  can  be  placed  in  a  cer- 


70  RESUSCITATED. 

tain  grade,  excepting  from  the  lowest  round  of  the  ladder  to  the 
higher  elevations.  Any  nation  which  pretends  to  possess  more  mor- 
ality, which  pays  more  attention  to  religious  matters,  which  boasts 
to  have  the  most  churches,  which  generally  puts  itself  forward  in 
everything  good  and  superior  to  this  life  and  the  hoped  one  beyond, 
believe  only  when  you  have  examined  how  many  go  to  their  schools 
and  colleges,  and  how  many  they  keep  confined  in  their  penitentia- 
ries and  insane  asylums.  Read  the  papers  and  mark  down  the 
crimes  committed  every  day.  And  at  the  same  time  closely  observe 
how  the  laws  are  executed,  or  whether  the  rich  are  served  the  same 
as  the  poor;  whether  the  man  who  steals  thousands  is  served  the 
same  as  the  one  compelled  by  want  to  steal  food  to  save  his  family. 
Have  your  eyes  about  you  for  one  week,  part  of  night  included,  to 
witness  for  yourself  how  temperate  and  pure  the  people  are.  Then 
only,  and  only  then,  form  an  opinion  and  give  in  a  report.  That  is 
the  way  we  do  at  our  periodical  visits  below.  We  investigate  like 
your  true  scientists  before  we  believe  and  make  out  our  report,  We 
find  only  too  often  criminality  running  riot  amongst  the  very  class 
who  pretend  so  much. 

ARBITRATION    IN    PRIVATE    LIFE. 

"Frequently  much  money  and  property  is  lost,  lives  sacrificed  and 
made  unhappy,  and  many  things  occur  which  only  required  a  few 
kind  words  and  all  would  have  been  well.  Instead  of  that  man- 
kind resorts  to  law,  demanding  its  right  (?),  or  to  brute  force  and 
the  deadly  weapons,  and  the  least  (sometimes  the  hardest  of  all),  is 
when  they  use  words.  The  consequences  are  a  lawsuit  and  so  much 
expense,  or  the  financial  ruin  of  one  or  both;  a  murder  or  maiming 
for  life,  and  the  serving  of  so  many  years  in  the  penitentiary.  The 
separation  of  two  young  people  who  love  each  other,  but  who  have 
not  learned  to  control  their  hot  tempers;  the  words  applied  in  pas- 
sion went  deep  into  the  hearts  of  both  parties — the  language  used 
was  never  meant,  but  one  thinking  itself  injured  had  to  resort  to 
the  same  weapon,  applying  stinging  words;  a  divorce  is  applied  for, 
and  in  the  meantime,  the  passion  having  cooled  down,  love  returns, 
but  pride  prevents  supposed  humiliation  if  one  or  the  other  acknowl- 
edges herself  or  himself  the  aggressor,  and  the  law  takes  its  course, 
causing  a  separation  of  two  human  beings,  and  probably  children 
too — only  a  few  kind  words  not  spoken  in  time. 

"I  only  give  a  few  instances,  but  it  will  be  sufficient  to  gain  some 
idea  what  can  be  done  without  resorting  to  any  of  the  above  sys- 
tems. You  have  wise  men  sitting  at  your  Courts  as  judges,  who 
interpret  the  laws  and  adjudge  the  criminality  or  injury  done.  To 
these  men  salaries  are  paid  and  they  are  supposed  to  be  honorable 
men,  but  why  should  there  not  be  a  set  of  honorable  and  just  men 
who  precede  them,  who  adjudge  or  give  opinions  equivalent  to  law, 
without  a  necessity  to  commence  a  suit  ?  I  refer  now,  if  you  do  not 
fully  comprehend  the  function  of  the  office,  to  ARBITRATION.  Two 


IN    PRESENCE   OP    LUCIFER.  71 

or  three  honorable  men,  and  in  some  cases  women,  could  settle  many 
a  lawsuit  and  family  quarrel,  and  in  many  cases  bring  to  a  head  at 
once  difficulties  which  generally  end  only  in  blood. 

"It  is  strange  that  nations  termed  civilized  have  not  yet  learned 
the  benefit  that  may  arise  by  appointing  or  electing  men  to  such 
offices.  Even  between  nations,  many  difficulties  could  be  settled 
(and  have  already  been  settled).  If  unattended  to,  the  nations  drift 
into  war,  then  destruction  to  life  and  property,  and  a  general  dis- 
turbance and  misery,  continuing  for  years.  Between  the  employer 
and  employe  this  method  would  also  be  of  the  greatest  benefit,  but 
this  matter  has  already  been  touched. 

REWARD    TO    WIFE    WHIPPERS. 

"While  matrimonial  matters  have  been  mentioned,  it  may  not  be 
out  of  place  to  give  our  opinion  regarding  those  gallant  and  brave 
men  (?)  who  periodically  beat,  kick,  and  generally  ill-treat  their 
wives  in  the  most  wanton  manner.  Such  a  high  stage  of  civiliza- 
tion (?)  should  be  rewarded  with  a  suitable  recognition  befitting  the 
case,  and  as  the  applicant  gradually  advances  in  the  art,  the  honors 
should  accordingly  be  increased.  Say,  for  instance,  the  first  case  be 
rewarded  by  placing  the  applicant  for  the  high  honors  upon  one  of 
those  small,  long-eared,  docile-looking  animals,  known  as  a  borro  or 
Arizona  donkey.  Let  him  be  mounted  tailward,  with  large  labels 
back  and  front,  informing  the  world  that  this  is  one  of  the  champion 
wife-whippers.  A  drum  and  fife  might  enliven  the  scene — specta- 
tors could  be  gathered  as  the  march  is  made  through  the  town,  and 
at  intervals  the  numerous  'small  boys'  might  be  placed,  whose  duty 
it  would  be  to  put  sweet  fragrances  over  the  body  of  the  honored, 
by  throwing  some  very  ancient  eggs  at  him,  as  suitable  ointment. 
The  second  honor  should  be  pillory  at  the  public  market  place  or 
any  suitable  site.  The  third  honor,  give  him  so  many  lashes  on  the 
bare  back,  and  if  his  wife  has  still  sufficient  love  for  such  a  man  left, 
it  would  probably  be  best  to  let  him  exercise  himself,  if  they  are 
bound  to  live  together  as  man  and  wife,  for  one  has  to  go  to  the 
wall  before  long.  lam  quite  aware,"  said  Lucifer,  "that  this  sort  of 
punishment  does  not  agree  with  your  present  stage  of  civilization, 
but  on  the  other  hand  neither  does  the  treatment  the  man  inflicts 
upon  his  wife.  If  ordinary  punishment  does  not  reach  the  con- 
science of  such  a  man,  extraordinary  methods  must  be  adopted,  just 
as  in  violent  diseases,  it  requires  unusually  strong  medicine — kill  or 
cure,  you  know. 

"  We,  who  put  the  sexes  more  on  equality,  judge  them  accord- 
ingly ;  with  you  the  toleration  is  rather  one-sided.  What  would  in 
a  young  man  be  termed  wildness,  almost  amounts  to  criminality  in 
a  young  woman.  If  woman  is  dishonored  by  committing  an  act 
society  forbids  or  frowns  upon,  why  should  not  man?  If  it  is  crim- 
inal or  a  dishonor,  it  must  be  equally  so  for  man  or  woman.  But 
your  customs  have  it  somewhat  different ;  the  least  incautious  act, 


72  RESUSCITATED. 

often  only  the  animation  of  youthfulness,  dishonors  the  young 
woman  for  life,  and  none  are  more  severe  than  her  own  sex  with  her. 
A  young  man  in  the  gutter  may  redeem  his  character  in  a  short 
time,  even  if  he  has  moved  in  the  best  of  society,  but  let  his  wife  or 
sister  forget  themselves,  or  by  some  means  be  found  in  the  same 
condition,  and  probably  that  woman  is  ruined  for  life.  There  is  no 
redemption  possible,  for  she  is  shunned  as  the  impurest  and  vilest 
thing. 

"  There  are  many  of  the  so-called  demi-monde  who  would  be  com- 
pelled to  lead  a  different  life  were  they  not  sustained  by  men,  and 
frequeutly  the  best  of  men  in  society,  'the  would-be  good  men,' 
who  would  be  shocked  in  public  by  being  addressed  by  that  class, 
rind  their  India-rubber  conscience  but  little  stretched  when  they  are 
at  home  with  them.  Those  men,  sometimes  with  wife  and  family, 
excel  the  yonng  men  in  their  devotion  to  these  women.  Some  ex- 
cuse might  be  offered  for  the  young  man ;  first  his  youthfulness,  and 
secondly  married  life,  particularly  in  your  large  cities,  has  become  a 
very  expensive  affair,  and  the  expectations  of  your  young  women, 
or  young  ladies  as  you  denominate  them,  are  very  great.  The  Grand 
Wedding  and  AUXILIARIES  alone  may  have  a  tendency  to  frighten 
any  ordinary  young  man  whose  reliance  to  sustain  two  in  style  de- 
pends entirely  upon  his  brain  or  muscles. 

GRAND    WEDDINGS. 

"  These  weddings,  in  order  to  be  fashionable,  have  to  be  carried 
out  on  a  grand  scale,  going  often  far  beyond  the  means  of  the  con- 
tracting parties,  in  imitation  of  some  young  people  who  were  really 
possessed  of  the  wealth  they  chose  to  exhibit  at  their  matrimonial 
alliance. 

"  The  majority  of  these  grand  matrimonial  '  splurges,'  where  the 
young  people  had  not  sufficient  of  worldly  goods  to  keep  along  on 
the  track  they  placed  their  matrimonial  car,  end  in  never  being 
heard  of  again  excepting  at  a  court  of  divorce  some  years  after. 
The  young  man  who  allows  himself  to  be  made  one  of  the  high  con- 
tracting parties  of  an  expensive  or  fashionable  wedding,  making  be- 
lieve that  he  is  enabled,  without  injuring  himself  financially,  to  live 
in  style  as  the  beginning  has  shown,  is  either  a  very  weak  minded 
individual  or  an  impostor,  and  in  either  case  one  or  both  of  the 
parties  must  suffer,  it  being  only  a  question  of  time,  sometimes  a 
very  short  time  only. 

"  Would  it  not  be  more  rational  to  enter  matrimonial  life  less 
ambitious,  with  less  of  the  grand  PRELIMINARIES,  but  as  you  advance 
and  have  learned  to  live  well  together,  have  learned  to  pull  right 
ahead  in  your  matrimonial  yoke,  then  have  your  periodical  meetings 
or  anniversaries,  and  then  and  there  have  a  happy  time  of  it  with 
your  children  and  friends.  This  would  be  commencing  small  and 
ending  big — the  other  commences  big  and  ends  in  nothing,  or  in  a 
divorce.  Some  of  your  most  successful  men  in  business  and  the 


IN  PRESENCE  OF  LUCIPBR.  73 

professions  have  thus  commenced.  They  began  at  the  lowest  round 
of  the  ladder  and  ascended.  The  custom  in  most  cases  is  to  reverse 
the  order,  that  is,  commence  above  and  walk  crab-fashion.  Let  can- 
didates to  these  honors  reflect  upon  this  question;  it  is  worthy  of 
notice,  and  the  money  expended  for  the  useless  exhibition  would 
often  be  better  spent  if  applied  to  the  wants  of  the  future  family. 

GRAND    FUNERALS. 

"  Not  only  are  your  weddings  too  imposing  and  costly,  but  the 
ending  of  life — the  funerals — are  too  often  carried  beyond  the  means 
of  the  family.  There  is  a  reform  needed  in  that  direction,  for  it  is 
not  necessary  to  imitate  the  rich  any  more  than  in  a  wedding.  If 
a  rich  family  sees  fit  to  make  a  great  display  of  rosewood  coffins 
with  gilt  haudles  and  all  the  usual  things  custom  demands  in  high 
life,  they  have  a  perfect  right,  if  they  do  not  impoverish  themselves. 
It  may  even  be  beneficial,  for  thereby  so  and  so  many  of  the  poorer 
class  have  needed  funds  put  in  their  purse  for  services  rendered,  or  in 
other  words,  money  distributed  amongst  the  needy.  In  order  to  fol- 
low those  higher  in  social  life,  it  happens  too  often,  however,  that  the 
family  must  be  robbed  or  deprived  of  money  necessary  to  their  exist- 
ence. The  monuments  erected  at  your  burial  places  are  put  up  on  the 
same  principle.  If  the  wealthy  family  .has  its  thousands  to  spend  to 
erect  a  costly  monument  above  or  near  the  grave  of  a  member  of  the 
family,  they  will  distribute  some  money  they  do  not  need  and  in  the 
hands  of  the  poorer  class  is  of  some  benefit.  The  money  expended  for 
such  a  purpose  could  be  better  applied  to  those  who  are  living,  if  they 
spend  beyond  their  means,  or  the  family  is  not  able  to  do  so  without 
depriving  itself.  If  such  money  be  applied,  for  instance,  for  educa- 
tional purposes  of  the  children,  it  may  do  more  good  than  erecting 
monuments  for  the  dead  with  inscriptions  frequently  the  opposite  of 
the  living.  It  matters  little  to  the  body  in  either  case ;  both  are 
demanded  back  to  Nature,  and  destruction  and  decomposition  must 
take  place,  and  the  more  rapidly  it  is  carried  out  in  close  proximity 
to  large  cities  the  better  it  will  be  for  the  health  of  that  city. 

"With  us  here,  Mr.  Smith,  it  matters  little  what  has  been  done 
with  the  cast-off' garments  of  your  souls;  you  may  place  tombstones 
and  monuments  at  their  graves,  informing  the  world,  or  the  present 
and  future,  of  the  many  virtues  they  possessed  while  in  life.  Here 
the  real  virtues  are  found,  and  the  more  numerous  vices,  sins,  or 
crimes,  or  whatever  you  may  be  pleased  to  term  them,  also.  It 
often  happens  that  the  deeds  of  good  men  are  not  recognized  until 
centuries  elapse.  Many  of  these  men  and  women  had  barely  a  mark 
placed  at  their  heads,  and  their  places  of  rest  are  unknown,  but 
their  good  deeds  live,  their  works  of  art,  the  creation  of  the  soul, 
their  poetry,  their  works  of  fiction,  their  music,  sculpture,  and  dis- 
coveries in  science  live,  and  will  live  as  long  as  your  little  world  ex- 
ists. They  have  no  use  to  place  a  sign  there,  signifying  that  the 
body  of  a  good  man  has  crumbled  into  dust;  but  there  have  been 


74  RESUSCITATED. 

cases  where  the  people  erected  monuments,  or  recognized  the  virtues 
of  a  criminal,  made  criminal  because  the  man  had  courage  to  sacri- 
fice his  life  against  an  injustice,  or  where  might  ruled  and  had  to  be 
obeyed,  whether  the  individual  considered  it  wrong  or  not.  Such  a 
case  happened  lately  in  one  of  the  cities  of  Italy,  where  a  monument 
was  erected  in  behalf  of  one  burned  four  hundred  years  previously. 
It  took  the  world  just  four  hundred  years  to  recognize  a  man's  good 
deeds,  and  what  does  his  soul  care  for  it  now?  We  knew  him  at 
once  when  he  came ;  we  treated  him  as  he  had  lived ;  the  grand  fune- 
ral, the  burning  at  the  stake  or  on  the  pile,  does  not  alter  the  case 
with  us.  All  must  be  prepared  and  propelled  forward,  and  to  ac- 
complish that  is  the  prime  duty  intrusted  to  us. 

ADULTERATED    FOOD   AND    QUACK    MEDICINE. 

"Some  investigation  is  necessary  by  the  Government,  or  the  gov- 
ernment of  every  State,  of  articles  of  food  sold  often  under  high- 
sounding  names.  The  vessels  into  which  your  preserved  meats, 
fruits  and  vegetables  are  kept,  should  also  be  examined ;  likewise  the 
numerous  compounds,  or  nostrums  sold,  causing  such  miraculous 
cures  and  incalculable  benefits  to  suffering  humanity,  as  the  adver- 
tisements inform  one.  (?) 

"Some  of  these  nostrums  may  be  harmless  to  health;  nevertheless, 
they  are  a  fraud,  and  others  may  be,  by  the  large  quantity  consumed, 
actually  dangerous.  Some  of  these  wonderful  (?)  drugs  are  given 
out  as  a  benefit  to  mankind,  and  are  manufactured  by  strict  temper- 
ance men  and  pious  religionists,  but  as  it  is  desirable  to  reap  the 
almighty  dollars,  it  is  necessary  to  make  the  great  remedies  palata- 
ble, and  for  this  purpose  poor  alcohol  and  glucose  is  just  as  ser- 
viceable as  a  good  quality  of  alcohol  and  sugar.  It  also  represents  a 
larger  profit,  a  thing  your  would-be  benefactor  of  mankind  never 
loses  sight  of  in  all  his  benevolent  work  of  that  class.  The  con- 
sciences, you  see,  of  such  individuals,  are  somewhat  elastic — often  very 
much  so — and,  of  course,  under  the  guise  of  medicine,  good  and  spu- 
rious alcohol  loses  its  power,  and  the  unfortunate  addicted  to  its  use 
would  not  recognize  it  under  the  very  wholesome  disguise  in  which 
it  is  introduced,  consequently  no  after-craving  for  it  is  expected.  (?) 

"Millions  and  millions  of  dollars  have  been  and  are  being  ex- 
tracted from  the  public  annually,  and  by  an  inviting  advertisement 
almost  any  liquid  and  solid  can  be  sold  in  large  cities,  and  at  a 
profit  which  will  make  the  manufacturer  wealthy,  if  the  public  ap- 
prove the  remedy. 

"A  great  deal  has  been  said  and  written  about  stock  gambling  and 
similar  inducements  to  draw  the  much-coveted  dollars  from  the  dear 
people's  pockets,  but  it  is  a  well  known  fact  that  there  are  individu- 
als in  your  country  who  have  made  large  fortunes  in  manufacturing 
articles  said  to  be  of  medicinal  value,  and  yet  possessing  no  such 
virtue,  or  very  little,  if  full  credit  is  given.  It  might  be  said  that 
the  people  control  their  own  purses,  and  that  they  are  gifted  with 


IN  PRESENCE  OP  LUCIFER.  75 

reasoning  powers,  nevertheless,  it  must  be  admitted,  there  are  many 
who  have  faith  in  these  pretended  nostrums,  and  spend  their  money 
in  the  hope  of  effecting  a  cure.  One  affected  with  a  certain  disease, 
either  imaginery  or  real,  after  reading  a  puffed-up  advertisement, 
which  appears  to  have  been  written  precisely  to  fit  his  case,  would 
blame  himself  for  not  having  done  his  duty  if  he  had  not,  at  least, 
tried  one  bottle  of  this  celebrated  remedy,  which  an  angel  handed 
down  (on  the  label)  to  the  great  benefactor  of  mankind.  If  the 
State  or  General  Government  does  not  intend  to  stop  this  some- 
where, the  nation  will  have  to  suffer  in  the  end. 

"This  kind  of  honesty  is  already  undermining  the  character  and 
integrity  of  your  nation  abroad.  When  a  certain  class  of  merchants 
send  cotton  and  wool  to  Europe,  loaded  down  with  sand  and  stones, 
some  one  will  be  compelled  to  sustain  the  loss,  and  in  the  end  it  will 
be  the  whole  nation.  The  grain,  too,  is  frequently  not  much  better 
treated,  and  many  manufactured  goods,  preserved  meats  and  fruit, 
are  put  up  in  such  a  manner  that  the  purchasers  must  sustain  losses. 
There  is  a  certain  kind  of  preserved  fruit  which  may  be  looked  upon 
with  suspicion.  Such  fruit  as  contains  a  large  quantity  of  citric 
acid  will  attack  the  tin  cans  if  the  sheet  tin  is  not  pure,  and  the 
solder  drops  into  the  fruit  very  often,  and  as  the  same  contains  a 
large  proportion  of  lead,  the  solder  is  dissolved,  and  lead  poisoning 
will  be  the  result. 

TESTS    FOR    LEAD. 

"Some  of  your  newspaper  men  rail  against  tin,  but  it  is  not  much 
to  be  feared  if  pure;  the  trouble  is  with  that  which  is  associated 
with  lead.  Are  these  men  aware  that  lead  is  cheaper  than  tin,  and 
that  nearly  all  the  ordinary  tinning  is  mixed  with  lead  at  present  ? 
It  is  the  lead  to  which  attention  must  be  called.  The  tin  foil  now 
used  for  many  purposes  of  manufacture  is  sometimes  half  lead.  It 
is  true,  the  lead  is  packed  inside,  but  in  the  rolling  out,  here  and 
there  cracks  occur,  and  the  lead  is  exposed,  and  when  brought  into 
contact  with  certain  bodies,  it  will  be  attacked  or  dissolved,  and  if 
this  should  be  associated  with  food,  lead  poisoning  may  occur. 

"One  of  the  tests  of  the  foil  being  pure  tin  is  by  taking  concen- 
trated acetic  acid,  and  a  drop  let  fall  upon  it  will  dissolve  the  lead, 
producing  acetate  of  lead;  if,  then,  another  drop  of  a  solution  of 
iodide  of  potash  is  added,  a  yellow  spot  is  the  result,  being  iodide  of 
lead.  By  using  a  drop  of  bichromate  of  potash,  it  also  causes  the 
same  shade  of  color,  which  is,  however,  the  well  tknown  color  known 
as  chrome  yellow. 

"Another  test  is,  to  moisten  the  leaf,  or  foil,  with  sulphuric  acid, 
which  produces  no  coloration  if  pure  tin,  while,  in  the  presence  of 
lead,  there  is  formed  a  black  spot. 

"A  person  who  has  acquired  the  knowledge  to  use  the  little  and 
very  handy  instrument  known  as  a  blow-pipe,  can  acquaint  himself, 
in  a  few  seconds,  by  means  of  the  oxidizing  flame  and  a  piece  of 


76  RESUSCITATED. 

charcoal,  whether  lead  is  present  or  not,  and  the  tin  can,  at  the  sam  e 
time,  be  distinguished  from  lead. 

BAKING    POWDER. 

A  great  rivalry  takes  place  in  your  newspapers,  where  long-drawn 
advertisements  appear,  praising  up  a  certain  article  of  manufacture — 
a  chemical  mixture  might  be  more  appropriate  than  manufacture — 
as  there  is  no  such  thing  done.  Well,  each  producer  puts  his  arti- 
cle forward  as  the  simon  pure  material,  the  only  medium  that  will 
raise  your  biscuits,  cakes  and  bread  (and  sometimes  stomachs  too), 
by  means  of  carbonic  acid  gas  evolved.  All  the  material  passed  out 
by  competitors  are  branded  fraudulent  and  dangerous  to  health,  his 
being  the  only  genuine  and  CHEMICALLY  PURE  compounds.  This 
benefactor  of  families  sells  his  chemically  pure  (?)  compounds  as 
cheap  as  the  others  (who  make,  of  course,  a  similar  claim),  and 
throws  in  a  chromo,  or  a  French  clock,  or  resurrector  of  the  dead, 
in  the  bargain.  Now  those  who  know  the  compounds  used  in  this 
mixture  of  the  so-called  'baking  or  raising  powder,'  know  that  every 
salt  almost,  used  in  its  composition,  costs  more  if  chemically  pure 
than  he  or  they  sell  a  pound.  Where  is  the  profit  then1?  But  even 
if  these  compounds  should  be  chemically  pure,  some  would,  if  used 
to  excess,  cause  eventually  trouble.  There  is  no  doubt  some  of  your 
people  have  had  their  health  affected  by  the  constant  use  of  these 
compounds.  These  powders  are  by  no  means  as  harmless  as  the 
public  looks  upon  them.  While  there  may  not  be  death,  there  may 
yet  be  considerable  indigestion  stored  up  in  the  constant  and  excess- 
ive use  of  these  dough-raisers. 

"Not  long  since  one  of  the  leading  scientific  papers  of  your  coun- 
try reported  carbonate  of  ammonia  used  for  raising  cakes,  or  the 
same  purpose  as  the  baking  powders  are  used,  generally  perfectly 
harmless.  This  may  be  true  only,  providing  the  ammonia  is  all  ex- 
pelled as  well  as  the  carbonic  acid.  The  latter,  although  death  to 
any  warm  blooded  animal  when  inhaled,  in  a  pure  state,  has  no 
particular  effect  in  such  small  quantities  in  the  stomach.  If,  how- 
ever, ammonia  is  still  present  in  the  food,  your  scientific  gentleman 
who  wrote  the  article  would  find,  if  he  partook  of  the  cakes,  that 
quite  a  commotion  would  be  caused  in  his  bowels,  and  he  would  wish 
that  ammonia  was  doing  mischief  somewhere  else.  If  you  have  no 
faith  in  my  words,  only  try  the  experiment  when  you  return.  It 
will  not  kill  the  first  time,  but  let  me  assure  you,  the  test  on  your- 
self is  not  over  pleasant. 

'•'Then  there  are  other  articles  in  use  every  day  which  are  nearly 
in  all  cases  adulterated,  and  even  to  such  an  extent  that  the  adul- 
terated article  in  use  is  itself  again  adulterated  before  it  is  mixed 
with  the  genuine  article.  Generally  the  material  used  is  harmless, 
but  not  unfrequently  substances  are  used  by  the  ignorant  which 
may  be  absolutely  dangerous  and  extremely  obnoxious,  as  in  one  of 
the  cases  in  London,  England,  where  the  dry  and  decomposed  wood 


IN  PRESENCE  OP  LUCIFER.  77 

of  coffins,  of  the  color  of  chiccory,  was  gronnd  up  to  adulterate  that 
article,  which  then,  as  a  mixture,  was  sold  to  the  manufacturer  of 
coffee.  The  addition  to  the  coffee  must  have  been  as  fat  and  palate- 
able  as  the  reported  good  ale  from  the  brew  where  the  fat  brewer 
fell  into  the  vessel  and  his  fragrant  extract  was  incorporated  into 
the  much  loved  beverage  of  Old  England. 

"In  the  adulteration  of  the  spices,  the  adulterants  are  in  most 
cases  not  of  much  better  material,  and  for  the  examination  of  that 
even,  a  glass  of  water  and  a  magnifying  glass  can  give  you  two  sep- 
arate proofs,  while  a  common  microscope  will  further  substantiate 
the  truth  as  to  its  purity. 

LADIES'  BEATIFIERS. 

"In  this  may  be  included  the  high  sounding  and  pleasing  names 
used  as  auxiliaries  in  beautifying  your  ladies.  Also  those  com- 
pounds said  to  effect  such  wonderful  cures  in  restoring  nature's  defi- 
ciencies, and  many  hair  dyes  are  absolutely  poisonous,  and  while  one 
person  may  escape  the  effect,  the  other  will  have  to  suffer  from  it. 
Silver  and  lead  salts  mostly  are  used,  and  the  latter  metal,  when 
used  even  as  a  comb,  has  caused  poisoning  o:  lead,  just  the  same  as 
bismuth  white  will  sometimes  cause  serious  poisoning  when  the  face 
is  powdered  with  it,  by  some  lady.  If  the  powder  is  pure  no  dan- 
ger may  be  feared  immediately,  but  nearly  all  commercial  bismuth, 
from  which  this  white  face  powder  is  mostly  prepared,  contains 
arsenic,  and  this  is  the  substance  to  be  feared,  when  the  pores  absorb 
the  poison.  The  bismuth  salts  prescribed  for  medical  purposes  are 
also  very  often  impure,  containing  arsenic,  and  of  which  fact  the 
druggist,  and  even  the  physician,  may  be  unaware. 

"  Right  here  I  must  say  a  few  words  against  the  use  of  these  beau- 
tifiers  when  used  as  such  by  your  females.  To  consult  you,  Mr. 
Smith,  you  certainly  do  not,  nor  any  man  of  common  intelligence, 
hold  a  young  woman  in  higher  estimation  because  she  smears  and  be- 
daubs herself  with  paint  and  cosmetics,  paying  attention  to  hair,  cheeks, 
lips,  and  eyebrows,  to  enhance  her  beauty,  or  as  she  thinks,  to  ap- 
pear naturally  beautiful  before  you  or  her  admirers.  In  most  cases 
the  art  is  overdone,  and  so  clumsily  carried  out  that  a  man  would 
have  to  be  a  born  idiot  or  less  not  to  be  enabled  to  look  through  the 
disguise.  The  females  in  your  country,  on  an  average,  surpass  their 
sisters  in  Europe  in  beauty  of  the  countenance  if  not  form,  and 
many  have  not  the  slightest  reason  to  paint  '  fraud '  upon  their  faces, 
for  they  are  handomer  without  it.  Yet,  when  you  look  about  all 
over  the  land,  in  your  large  and  smaller  cities,  you  may  witness  this 
unnatural  display — even  from  girls  thirteen  or  fourteen  years  of  age. 
Nature  generally  does  not  display  her  work  thus.  The  women  with 
natural  red  cheeks  are  robust  and  strong  limbed,  not  delicate  and 
pale  creatures  shut  up  in  houses.  And  yet  a  delicate  and  natural 
looking  young  woman  may  possess  as  much  if  not  superior  beauty 
when  compared  with  those  who  are  favored  with  a  red  color  in  their 


7.S  RESUSCITATED. 

face.  Those  who  have  practiced  this  habit  from  their  youth  up, 
will  find  that  they  require  larger  and  larger  quantities  to  cover  Na- 
ture's deficiencies.  If  you  cover  the  pores  of  the  face  with  powder, 
it  will  not  stop  the  natural  evaporation  known  as  perspiration,  but 
it  may  have  a  tendency  to  enlarge  the  pores,  making  the  face  then 
appear  very  coarse,  when  not  properly  tricked  out  to  '  cobweb '  the 
eyes  of  men.  It  is  similar  to  arsenic  or  opium  eating,  alcohol  or 
any  stimulant  producing  unnatural  excitement;  the  quantities  must 
be  increased  in  the  future  to  be  effective,  and  then  it  has  become  an 
absolute  necessity  most  difficult  to  eliminate. 

"  Let  your  yonng  women  consider  before  they  resort  to  the  means 
mentioned,  and  further  let  them  be  opposed  to  'being  squeezed  into 
one  of  those  model-form-molds  which  the  inquisition  of  Spain  might 
have  adopted  as  a  torturing  machine  or  instrument. 

MEDICINE    ADULTERATION. 

"  Returning  to  the  subject  of  adulteration,  I  will  add  that  it  may 
not  be  generally  known  that  even  your,  medicine  is  adulterated,  and 
frequently  your  druggist,  calling  himself  a  '  pharmaceutical  chemist,' 
may  not  be  aware  of  it,  mainly  because  the  title  without  the 
requisite  knowledgs  gives  him  no  real  advantage,  although  it  may 
throw  sand  into  the  eyes  of  the  public.  That  in  such  cases  great 
danger  must  arise  to  patients  must  be  obvious,  for  many  drugs  used 
in  medicine  are  poisonous,  therefore  given  in  small  doses.  If  then 
the  physician  uses  his  formulas  they  will  be  ineffective.  The  quan- 
tity of  the  drug  not  being  sufficient,  a  larger  quantity  must  be  ad- 
ministered to  be  effective.  Admit  now  that  in  another  case  the 
same  medical  man  prescribes  the  same  quantity  of  poison  to  be  put 
up  at  the  same  drug  store,  but  the  party  takes  the  prescription  to 
another  store  which  may  be  nearer  or  be  preferred,  and  there  the 
poison  to  be  used  is  pure  and  fully  effective ;  what  will  be  the  result 
in  such  a  case  when  double  the  quantity  is  used :  In  one  case  it  is 
ineffective  and  may  cause  death,  in  the  other  the  quantity  does  its 
work  more  effectively  as  it  kills  at  once,  if  not  the  proper  remedies  or 
antidotes  are  at  hand ;  and  for  all  this  the  physician  may  be  able 
and  qualified  for  his  position. 

"The  fine,  brilliant  dyes  now  used  for  fabrics,  cause  poisoning  and 
eruptions  of  the  skin,  because  the  aniline  colors  nearly  all  contain 
arsenic,  which  is  also  absorbed  by  the  pores  in  some  cases,  while  the 
body  is  in  a  state  of  perspiration.  The  effect  is,  however,  not  posi- 
tive in  all  persons  who  wear  much  material. 

ARSENIC  TO  PATTEN  CATTLE. 

"In  the  use  of  arsenic  direct,  there  may  be  mentioned  the  very 
latest  from  Europe.  The  white  arsenic  is  now  used  for  the  fatten- 
ing of  cattle.  It  has  long  been  known  to  dealers  in  horseflesh  that 
for  a  time  arsenic,  in  certain  quantities,  mixed  with  food,  or  tied  in 
a  little  bag  in  such  a  manner  that  it  is  dissolved  by  the  saliva  of  the 


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horse,  and  thus  very  gradually  absorbed,  has  a  tendency  to  improve 
the  horse's  appearance,  giving  the  creature  a  fine,  glossy  coat.  It  is 
necessary,  in  order  to  be  more  effective,  to  increase  the  quantity,  and 
as  in  the  case  of  all  similar  drugs,  such  as  alcohol,  opium,  chloral, 
hasheesh,  etc.,  it  wants  more  and  more,  and  if  stopped,  then  the  trou- 
ble arrives.  As  man  is  served,  so  will  be  the  animal.  To  some  ex- 
tent arsenic  is  used  by  your  women  who  are  constantly  before  the 
public,  and  ever  desire  to  appear  youthful.  The  drug  will  claim  its 
reward  sooner  or  later,  I  assure  you. 

"Able  chemists  of  Germany  and  Austria  have  very  lately  ascer- 
tained that  if  arsenic  is  fed  to  a  cow  the  poison  is  fully  absorbed  into 
all  its  tissues  in  eight  hours.  In  the  milk  of  such  cows  the  poison 
was  found  after  five  days  in  one  case,  and  twenty -one  days  in  another. 
Goats  and  sheep  experimented  upon  with  the  same  substance  were 
killed.  The  larger  intestines,  scrupulously  washed  and  cleaned,  and 
pieces  fed  to  dogs,  caused  vomiting  and  diarrhea.  To  the  fowls  of 
the  barn-yard,  fifteen  to  thirty  grains  of  blood  from  the  last  mentioned 
animals  caused  their  death.  Experiments  on  smaller  animals 
showed,  as  in  horses,  when  applied  in  small  quantities,  that  the  ani- 
mals (cats,  rabbits,  etc.,)  were  improved;  in  larger  quantities  the 
heart  was  affected  in  its  pulsation.  The  peculiar  effect  arsenic  acid 
(white  arsenic)  has  upon  the  system  of  animals  is  the  difference  in 
the  change  of  food  (described  as  stoffwechsel)  in  the  evacuation,  which 
amounts  from  twenty  to  forty  per  cent,  less  than  in  ordinary  fed 
animals.  It  seems  from  this,  that  a  saving  of  the  material  of  the 
body  takes  place,  which  is  added  to  it.  Further  tests  of  the  meat 
of  such  animals  proved  that  neither  by  long  boiling,  frying,  or  bak- 
ing, is  the  poison  extracted  or  drawn  out  from  such  meat.  In  Eu- 
ropean countries,  of  late,  the  flesh  of  horses  is  sold,  similar  to  the 
meat  of  cattle.  The  danger  is  obvious  if  a  horse  should  be  used  for 
such  a  purpose.  In  the  case  of  the  cattle  fed  with  arsenic,  even  if 
beneficial  to  the  stock  raiser,  it  would  require  the  greatest  careful- 
ness, for  such  cattle  should  not  be  slaughtered  for  a  number  of  days, 
and  if  not  fed  with  the  drug,  will  become  lean  again. 

FRAUD    REJUVENATORS. 

"Then  the  highly  praised  liquids,  oils,  and  pomades,  that  will 
cause  hair  to  grow  on  the  heel  of  your  boot,  if  only  enough  of  the 
'magic'  is  used,  are,  in  some  samples,  highly  dangerous;  in  others, 
perfectly  harmless.  Oil,  alcohol,  water,  glycerine,  some  fatty  mat- 
ter and  essential  oils,  constitute  the  whole  secret  of  the  great  electri- 
cal wonder  (1)  when  an  analysis  is  made.  This  is  supposed  to  have 
the  magical  effect,  providing  faith  is  strong.  The  main  effect  is, 
money  finds  its  way  from  the  pocket  of  one  person  to  that  of  another, 
and  that  is  about  all  the  change  that  takes  place.  The  gambler 
often  returns  more. 

"Many  of  these  nostrums,  reported  by  advertisements  to  cause 
such  miraculous  cures,  when  all  the  science  of  noted  physicians  is 


80  RESUSCITATED. 

exhausted,  ought  to  be  analyzed;  even  when  patented,  they  should, 
when  suspicion  arises,  l>e  looked  into.  When  anything  of  known 
danger  is  placed  before  the  public,  the  sale  of  such  articles  ought  to 
be  prohibited  by  law,  just  the  same  as  flour  would  be  when  mixed 
with  an  adulterant  substance  known  to  be  dangerous  to  health. 
There  are  many  articles  for  which  civilized  life  has  found  daily  use, 
which  require  investigation  also. 

IMPURE    ICE. 

"In  your  large  cities  of  the  United  States  a  very  large  quantity  of 
ice  is  used,  and  in  most  cases  the  ice  itself  is  introduced  into  the 
liquids  and  beverages  to  be  consumed.  Do  you  know  that  much  of 
this  ice  is  not  pure1?  Do  you  further  know  that  pure  ice  can  only 
be  frozen  out  of  pure  and  wholesome  water?  If  the  ice  is  not 
frozen  from  pure  water,  the  water  from  the  ice  under  a  powerful 
microscope  may  open  your  eyes  to  what  you  drink  on  your  very  hot 
days  without  previous  investigation.  Your  great  temperance  man  (?) 
is  invariably  an  ice  consumer,  and  such  a  person  may  look  with  hor- 
ror upon  the  Teutonic  beverage  known  as  'lager  beer'  or  'lager  bier,' 
but  in  nearly  all  cases  the  beer  is  the  purest,  for  the  water  has  pre- 
viously been  heated  to  100"  C.,  or  212"  Fah.,  and  thereby  all  organic 
matter  destroyed  or  caused  to  drop  to  the  bottom  of  the  vessel. 
Pure  air,  the  light  of  the  sun,  and  fresh,  pure  water,  play  very  im- 
portant parts  in  the  health  of  a  human  being,  and  in  large  cities 
every  effort  possible  ought  to  be  made  by  the  authorities  (of  a  city), 
to  secure  at  least  what  is  possible  to  furnish.  Give  sufficient  air 
spaces,  as  in  parks,  and  here  and  there  place  fountains  to  cool  the 
air  and  supply  the  thirsty  with  pure  water.  Great  attention  ought 
to  be  paid  to  cleanliness  by  ice  men,  and  no  stagnant  water  should 
be  used  intended  for  ice  which  is  likely  to  be  introduced  into  the 
liquid  to  be  drank. 

"It  is  well  known  at  present  that  organic  matter  is  not  entirely 
destroyed  by  freezing,  therefore  contagious  diseases  may  be  propa- 
gated and  introduced  to  a  whole  town,  by  using  such  ice.  It  is 
ignorance  and  the  love  of  gain  that  causes  such  troubles  very  often, 
but  the  governments  must  look  to  these  shortcomings,  and  at  once 
condemn  the  lot,  by  preventing  its  sale.  There  must  be  men  ap- 
pointed whose  duty  it  is  to  investigate  all  such  matters,  and  when 
such  men  are  appointed,  political  trickery  ought  not  to  be  brought 
into  play.  Such  offices  are  not  the  kind  to  reward  some  ward  poli- 
tician, who  has  helped  to  hoist  some  favored  candidate  into  a  prom- 
inent and  lucrative  office,  and  the  latter  now  endeavors  to  recipro- 
cate for  the  service  rendered,  by  placing  the  other  wise,  good  man 
into  an  office  in  which,  owing  to  the  deficiency  in  his  education,  he 
must  perforce  play  the  ignoramus,  or  leave  the  charge  to  a  deputy, 
which  is  only  too  frequently  the  case  in  your  country.  According 
to  our  reasoning  here,  the  chief  of  any  department,  be  he  of  the 
kitchen  or  where  it  requires  the  highest  attainments  for  the  super- 


IN  PRESENCE  OP  LUCIFER.  81 

vision  of  his   office,  ought  to  be  in  all  cases  fully  qualified  for  his 
position. 

"A  number  of  instances  might  be  mentioned  how  food  can  be 
adulterated  without  causing  any  injury  to  health,  the  object  being 
simply  to  compete  with  the  trade  and  make  a  big  profit,  but  it  is 
hardly  wise  to  remind  your  trades  people,  or  tempt  them  to  distin- 
guish themselves  (?)  more  than  they  have  already. 

WATER    ADDED    TO    LARD. 

"I  will  mention  one  case,  for  instance.  A  certain  butcher  pro- 
duces beautiful  white  lard  and  gives  full  weight,  and  this  fine  article 
or  brand  he  is  enabled  to  sell  at  a  less  rate  than  his  opponent  across 
the  street,  whose  product  has  a  yellow  tinge  and  seldom  full  weight. 
Why  is  this1?  Oh,  because  the  first  butcher  knows  how  to  mix 
water  with  it,  and  his  neighbor  has  not  learned  the  trick  yet.  Don't 
blame  the  first  one  too  much,  nor  bestow  an  unusual  amount  of 
praise  upon  the  other,  for  the  man  across  the  street  would  be  just 
as  ready  to  mix  water  with  it  if  he  knew  how  the  thing  would  mix." 

"But  water  and  fatty  matter  does  not  usually  mix." 

"Oh,  quite  well,  Mr.  Smith,  if  you  know  how.  A  child  could 
carry  out  the  simple  combination,  and  there  is  not  the  least  harm, 
excepting  water  being  cheaper,  for  which  one  pays  instead  of  fat. 
In  subjecting  the  fatty  substance  to  a  gradual  heat,  the  water  is  ex- 
pelled or  evaporated,  and  thereby  the  quantity  can  be  ascertained, 
but  the  substance  mixed  with  the  water  is  more  difficult  to  ascer- 
tain. Only  a  chemist  can  probably  ascertain  that.  But  you  take 
that  every  day  in  your  food,  although  associated  with  another  ele- 
ment or  elements. 

"These  are  profitable  but  harmless  adulterants,  but  ignorance  has 
caused,  many  times,  very  serious  troubles.  For  instance  butter,  in 
order  to  give  it  the  fine,  yellow  color,  so  much  liked,  has  chrome  yel- 
low incorporated.  The  color  is  a  compound  of  lead,  chromium  and 
oxygen.  The  two  metals  are  both  poisonous.  This  color  is  also  too 
often  used  by  confectioners,  and  when  a  large  quantity  of  yellow 
colored  candy  is  consumed,  may  cause  serious  trouble  without  guess- 
ing the  real  cause  of  the  disturbance  in  the  child's  health.  If  yellow 
color  must  be  used,  annetto  in  one  case,  and  saffron  in  the  other, 
both  vegetable  yellow,  are  recommended.  The  most  wholesome  is 
that  in  which  no  color  is  used  at  all. 

"  I  will  shorten  the  subject  but  add  that  your  country  is  still  a 
novice  in  the  art  of  adulteration.  It  is  often  so  clumsily  carried 
out  that  a  person  even  with  limited  knowledge  can  ascertain  or  ac- 
quaint himself  of  the  genuineness  of  an  article  by  simple  tests  and 
experiments.  In  the  older  countries  it  is  often  necessary  to  call  in 
experts  to  know  whether  one  has  a  genuine  article  before  him  or  an 
imitation  only.  But  as  previously  remarked,  all  bodies  have  some 
characteristics  which  they  will  exhibit  under  certain  conditions, 
then  showing  their  qualities.  Say,  for  instance,  you  mix  lard  and 


82  RESUSCITATED. 

butter,  color  it  to  suit  the  taste,  in  order  to  make  it  look  inviting  to 
the  purchasers,  of  which  you  are  one.  The  taste  is  deficient,  and  a 
doubt  as  to  its  good  and  genuine  quality  is  raised.  Simply  put  the 
substance  in  a  test  tube,  place  in  boiling  water,  and  when  melted  let 
it  cool  gradually  in  the  water,  and  when  cool  it  will  be  found  that 
the  liquids  as  they  solidified  arranged  themselves  according  to  their 
specific  gravity,  and  then  the  salt,  sand,  or  heavy  solid  matter  is  at 
the  bottom,  next  will  be  butter  and  the  upper  layer  lard.  Within  a 
few  months  they  have  used  the  oil  of  cocoanut  to  adulterate  butter — 
the  same  test  can  be  applied.  The  adulterant  is  not  dangerous,  but 
the  butter  becomes  rancid  rapidly. 

COFFEE    ADULTERANTS. 

"  The  same  principle  may  be  applied  to  your  coffee.  If  doubted, 
drop  half  a  teaspoonful  into  a  glass  of  clear  water ;  if  coffee,  it  will 
float  for  some  time,  but  chiccory,  being  differently  constituted,  will 
fill  its  cells  and  sink  to  the  bottom  and  in  a  short  time  discolor  the 
water  also,  which  coffee  does  not  for  some  time.  Moreover,  chiccory 
contains  starch,  and  may  by  the  use  of  a  solution  of  iodine  show  she 
characteristic  blue  coloration  of  starch  when  brought  in  contact 
with  that  chemical  reagent.  Then  the  microscope  will  show  differ- 
ent formations,  even  if  you  mix  and  grind  in  one  mill,  for  all  bodies 
divided  into  small  particles  will  still  exhibit  their  characteristic 
body  under  the  microscope,  although  the  eye  cannot  perceive  the 
difference.  It  is  far  more  difficult  in  coffee  or  tea  to  discover  a 
fraudulent  article,  when  the  genuine  article  (like  tea  or  coffee)  has 
been  mixed  with  exhausted  or  used  material  of  the  same  sort.  Then 
only  the  strength  of  a  genuine  article  will  be  a  guide  to  its  proper 
value,  and  by  comparing  the  diffusion  of  both  the  quality  is  ex- 
hibited. Quite  a  nnmber  of  instances  could  I  give  upon  this  sub- 
ject, but  your  time  is  limited,  Mr.  Siuith.  We  must  pass  over  to 
something  else  of  note 

SEWAGE. 

"  The  disposal  of  the  sewage  in  your  large  cities  is  also  of  very 
great  importance,  and  it  requires  not  a  great  deal  of  scientific  knowl- 
edge or  foresight  to  predict  that  in  some  localities  serious  troubles 
will  arise,  and  that  the  methods  you  have  adopted  will  in  the  end 
prove  themselves  very  costly  and  dangerous  experiments.  All  those 
who  have  any  knowledge  of  a  gas,  know  that  it  is  a  very  difficult  mat- 
ter to  keep  it  properly  confined  without  leakage.  If  then  you  build 
big  cisterns  in  loose  soil  and  these  devices  placed  close  to  your  houses, 
and  from  them  run  into  it  all  your  refuse  matter,  gases  must  be 
generated  when  shut  off  from  the  atmosphere.  If  the  plumber  has 
loved  you  well,  charged  you  well,  and  done  his  work  well,  the  gas 
may  not  find  its  way  direct  to  the  house  by  the  devices  adopted. 
But  it  will  in  the  course  of  time ;  but  the  worst  comes  when  the  soil 
itself  is  perfectly  saturated,  like  an  old  grave  yard,  and  cannot  hold 
more. 


IN  PRESENCE  OF  LUCIFER.  83 

"  In  large  cities  this  question  is  of  no  small  importance  to  the 
health  of  its  inhabitants;  therefore  in  the  supervision  of  the  laws  en- 
acted, regulating  and  enforcing  sanitary  matters,  only  men  of  knowl- 
edge and  experience  should  be  appointed  to  office.  The  time  is  not 
so  distant  when  the  refuse  matter  and  rejections  not  used  in  the 
building  up  and  reconstruction  of  the  human  being,  will  prove  itself 
of  immense  value  when  given  back  to  the  plants  from  whence  it 
originally  came,  or  has  been  taken  as  food  by  animal  and  man.  At 
present  millions  are  expended  in  money  for  fertilizers  brought  from 
distant  islands,  where  it  has  been  stored  up  for  ages  by  the  feath- 
ered tribe  and  marine  animals.  The  first  named  rejections,  after 
necessary  preparation,  will  prove  itself  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  the 
best  imported  guano,  used  mostly  in  Europe  at  present. 

LABORING    CLASS    SAFE    INVESTMENT. 

"I  have  still  a  word  to  say  in  behalf  of  the  laboring  class,  and 
that  is  the  safe  investment  of  their  earnings. 

"In  a  country  like  the  United  States  of  North  America,  it  is  ex- 
pected that  the  people  are  sufficiently  intelligent  to  know  what  to 
do  with  their  surplus  money,  and  yet  there  are  millions  of  men  and 
women  who  cannot,  or  do  not,  employ  their  earned  money  to  advan- 
tage. Some  have  lost  faith,  for  in  their  efforts  to  draw  large  bene- 
fits from  it,  they  have  sacrificed  the  whole.  It  is,  therefore,  pre- 
ferred to  spend  the  money  earned  for  enjoyment,  rather  than  lose  it, 
as  previously  had  been  done;  and  this  has  several  drawbacks,  and 
the  main  one  is,  a  human  being  grows  older,  and  ought,  therefore, 
lay  by  a  'penny  for  old  age.'  What  the  working  people  want  is  safe 
Government  security,  at  small  interest,  but  POSITIVELY  SAFE,  or  as 
safe  as  in  other  countries  already  applied.  Your  wise  law-givers  and 
law-makers  ought  to  give  this  question  early  attention  and  some  con- 
sideration, as  it  is  of  considerable  importance. 

"I  am  aware  some  bill  was  introduced  establishing  'Postal  Sav- 
ings' Banks,'  and  that  might,  if  carried  out,  produce  some  benefit; 
but  other  efforts  ought  to  be  made  in  behalf  of  the  working  class  in 
this  direction,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  methods  can  be  discovered 
which  would  meet  the  case,  which  is  particularly  necessary  in  large 
cities,  for  there  the  facilities  are  ever  offered  to  spend  the  money 
easiest,  so  easy  that  one  Sunday  will  swallow  the  earnings  of  the  six 
working  days. 

KEEPING    SUNDAY. 

"This  brings  me  to  a  subject  I  want  to  express  myself  upon,  and 
that  is  the  keeping  of  your  Sunday,  which,  by  the  more  religiously 
inclined  of  your  nation,  is  also  termed  Sabbath,  using  the  Hebrew 
term,  and  with  it  its  signification,  which,  probably,  by  your  early 
Puritans,  was  carried  out  or  imitated  for  the  best;  but  the  nation 
has  changed  somewhat  since,  many  thinking  it  no  sacrilege  at  pres- 
ent to  bake  their  pork  and  beans  even  on  the  Sabbath.  In  the 


84  RESUSCITATED. 

Western  States,  where  the  European  is  most  strongly  represented, 
the  idea  of  spending  Sunday,  as  they  call  it  there,  is  on  more  liberal 
principles,  particularly  in  the  larger  cities.  The  day  is  looked  upon 
not  only  to  have  religious  principles  inculcated  by  listening  to  pray- 
ers and  sermons  in  churches,  and  in  sending  the  children  to  Sunday 
schools  for  religious  teachings,  but  it  is  also  thought  to  be  a  day  of 
rest  from  labor,  and  may,  as  one  chooses,  be  reserved  for  rational 
recreation  and  amusement,  which  the  working  class  cannot  have 
during  six  days  of  labor. 

"The  views  taken  by  the  so-called  religious  people  are,  in  most 
cases,  extremely  selfish  and  narrow-minded,  and  if  their  ideas  could 
be  enforced,  it  would  have  a  tendency  to  increase  the  already  large 
number  of  religious  hypocrites  you  have  in  the  United  States. 

"Take,  for  instance,  the  thousands  of  young  people  employed  in 
factories  and  shops  in  New  York  (or  other  large  cities),  six  days  in 
the  week,  beginning  and  ending  at  certain  hours.  As  the  places 
where  they  are  employed  are  in  many  cases  long  distances  away 
from  where  they  live,  it  naturally  takes  away  much  time,  compelling 
them  to  rise  earlier  in  the  morning,  and  shortening  the  evenings. 
Then  the  terrible  heat  the  people  have  to  suffer  in  New  York,  in 
summer,  not  only  in  day  time  but  also  at  night,  when  it  is  frequently 
the  most  intolerant,  has  also  an  effect.  Now,  when  Sunday  comes, 
these  people  want  fresh  air  and  recreation,  which,  without  doubt, 
from  a  standpoint  of  health,  is  more  beneficial  to  them  than  to  be 
resting  in  their  close  quarters,  or  listening  to  long  sermons,  as  man 
should  live  to  be  saved  (*?).  The  'would-be  savers'  take  generally 
good  care  to  have  their  rational  exercise  during  the  week.  The 
daughters  of  the  man  whose  whole  family  belongs  to  the  high-toned 
church,  have  their  fine  vehicles,  drawn  by  superb  horses,  and  driven 
by  a  liveried  coachman,  to  ride  to  the  suburbs  and  parks,  where 
fresh  and  invigorating  air  can  be  inhaled  six  days  in  a  week,  but  in 
the  meantime  the  three  or  four  hundred  girls  and  women  in  the  fac- 
tories of  their  father  are  industriously  employed,  not  only  in  earn- 
ing wages,  but  also  employed,  by  the  work  they  necessarily  have  to 
perform,  in  destroying  their  health.  The  daughter  of  the  rich  in- 
hales the  pure  atmosphere,  enjoys  the  light  of  the  sun  and  the  beau- 
tiful landscape  and  surroundings,  while  the  factory  girl  must  inhale 
the  dust-laden  air  and  particles  whirled  about  by  the  machinery  in 
use,  in  the  manufactory  they  are  engaged  in,  be  it  organic  or  inor- 
ganic matter — some  of  it  in  either  case  is  often  absolutely  poisonous 
when  inhaled  for  weeks,  months  and  years.  If,  then,  the  working 
girl  seeks  fresh  air  when  Sunday  arrives,  is  she  very  much  worse  in 
morality  than  the  daughter  of  the  employer,  or  the  daughters  of  the 
rich  who  find  it  to  their  advantage  to  attend  church  Sunday  morning, 
and  not  always  because  religious  feelings  predominated  in  the  mat- 
ter1? A  young  woman,  as  well  as  a  young  man,  may  have  various 
reasons  and  attractions  for  attending  chnrch,  which  may  not  have 
the  remotest  relationship  to  any  religious  feelings  a  human  being 


IN  PRESENCE  Of  LUCIFER.  85 

• 

may  entertain — in  fact  may  be  in  direct  opposition  to  it  even. 
These  matters  must  be  left  with  the  people  themselves,  for  the 
young  girl  who  thinks  it  to  her  interest  to  attend  church  will  do  so. 
And  it  may  be  for  her  interest,  while  in  another  it  may  be  destruct- 
ive to  health  and  have  a  tendency  to  shorten  her  life. 

"As  political  questions  will  bring  one  man  to  side  with  one  party 
while  his  friend  or  foe  may  side  with  the  opposite,  so  in  these  religious 
questions  will  there  be  different  opinions,  but  Sunday  or  Sabbath, 
call  it  what  you  like,  MUST  FOREVER  BE  SET  APART  AS  A  DAY  OF 
REST,  devoted  to  religious  teachings,  and  all  rational  and  moral 
amusements.  Neither  the  religious  class,  nor  those  who  advocate 
that  Sunday  should  merely  be  a  day  of  recreation,  should  override 
each  other.  Each  class  must  be  protected  and  check  each  other 
when  they  become  oppressive  to  those  of  opposite  views. 

"The  law  should-  be  such  as  guarantees  to  every  working  man  and 
woman,  physically  or  mentally  employed,  one  day  of  rest  out  of 
seven,  and  those  whose  duty  compels  them  to  add  to  the  pleasure  of 
making  others  happy  on  Sunday,  should  have  an  equivalent  time 
granted  during  the  week,  to  put  them  on  equality.  If  the  barber,  liv- 
ery man,  baker,  cook,  engineer,  brakeman,  and  those  of  similar  occu- 
pations, are  by  their  occupations  compelled  to  be  on  duty  on  Sunday, 
another  day  must  be  allowed  to  them,  to  grant  them  the  requisite 
enjoyment.  While  to  a  certain  extent  trade  and  traffic  may  stop  on 
Sunday,  it  is  impossible  in  some  occupations  to  carry  it  out,  in  all 
cases.  The  steamer  on  the  ocean  and  rivers  cannot  shut  down  on 
its  regular  work  without  sustaining  great  losses,  and  causing  a  great 
deal  of  dissatisfaction,  if  not  danger.  Nor  can  the  keeper  of  a 
hotel  devote  that  day  to  a  fast  day,  and  thereby  give  the  cooks  and 
other  employes  the  usual  rest. 

"Cleanliness,  which  is  said  to  be  next  to  godliness,  cannot  be  cur- 
tailed, and  therefore  bathing  establishments  and  barber  shops  ought 
not  to  close  until  at  least  noon  has  passed.  Some  great  manufactur- 
ing enterprises,  as  that  of  iron,  glass,  porcelain,  and  similar  indus- 
tries, cannot  shut  down  on  Sunday,  unless  great  financial  losses  are 
sustained,  but  in  all  such  cases  the  working  man  or  woman  must  be 
protected  by  giving  them  an  equivalent  in  money  or  rest.  By  all 
means  give  them  the  time,  if  you  want  them  to  hold  out  and  be  ser- 
viceable to  you. 

"Continued  work  will  not  cause  your  people  to  become  morally 
better,  and  the  holidays  you  have  are  too  few,  or  of  that  nature  that 
the  days  can  be  enjoyed  for  pleasure,  amusement,  or  recreation. 
All  this  must,  more  or  less,  depend  upon  the  Sunday;  but  if  your 
laws  are  so  construed  or  carried  out  that  only  one  class  is  protected, 
it  necessarily  must  be  an  oppression  to  one  or  another  faction  op- 
posed to  each  other.  Therefore,  it  is  wise  not  only  to  keep  a  Sunday 
from  the  religious  standpoint,  but  also  for  the  sake  of  recreation  and 
innocent  amusement. 

"The  observation  made  in  the  large  «ities  of  Europe  is  this;  that 
during  church  hours,  principally  in  the  morning,  the  streets  are  kept 


86  RESUSCITATED. 

perfectly  quiet;  but  if  the  weather  is  fine  in  the  afternoon,  the  peo- 
ple cannot  be  cooped  up  in  the  city,  but  a  very  large  portion  finds 
itself  attracted,  according  to  its  social  standing  at  different  localities, 
one  of  the  great  a'ttractions  being  the  Zoological  Gardens,  to  show 
the  children  the  animals  as  nature  represents  them.  Your  straight- 
laced  religionist  would  probably  not  consider  it  any  sin  if  his  smaller 
children  were  engaged  -  in  looking  over  some  book  where  the  same 
animals  are  illustrated  which  they  may  have  seen  in  life  at  the 
Zoological  Gardens  several  times  during  the  week.  Why,  then, 
should  not  the  less  favored  in  worldly  goods  be  put  in  a  position, 
with  his  family,  to  make  himself  acquainted  with  that  which  is  agree- 
able, pleasing,  and  elevating? 

"If  no  efforts  are  made  in  your  great  republic  by  the  National, 
State,  or  City  governments,  to  create  innocent  amusement  for  the 
working  classes,  and,  to  a  certain  extent,  the  Sunday,  you  will  find  in 
the  end  the  cost  ten-fold.  If,  by  compulsory  laws,  the  Puritan  spirit 
is  carried  too  far;  if  you  curb,  sit  upon,  and  smother  all  feelings  to 
spend  the  Sunday  in  a  different  manner  from  a  class  who  feel  dis- 
posed to  pass  the  day  in  church,  you  will  find  that  reaction  will  take 
place.  It  will  be  something  like  a  steam  boiler,  with  a  pressure 
within  that  the  boiler  plates  cannot  withstand.  It  explodes,  dealing 
death  and  destruction  around  it. 

"There  are  people  so  fanatical  and  narrow-minded  as  to  show  their 
opposition  even  to  the  keeping  open  of  libraries  on  Sunday,  fearing 
that  thereby  the  people  will  be  gradually  drawn  away  from  the 
church.  What  is  the  result  if  the  libraries  are  closed?  Very  few 
will  visit  the  churches,  tut  many  may  visit  places  where  they  can 
not  only  read,  but  find  st  'ong  drink  also. 

"In  the  older  countries  you  may  find  a  large  number  of  very  re- 
spectable reading  rooms  arranged  upon  that  principle,  where  not 
only  the  most  important  journals  of  the  world  can  be  found,  as  food 
for  the  mind,  but  also  more  substantial  food  for  the  body — liquid 
and  solid,  hot  and  cold.  If  such  institutions  were  closed,  it  would 
not  have  a  tendency  to  improve  mankind  morally,  for  their  time 
would  be  employed,  perhaps,  in  far  less  beneficial  amusement. 
Judging  from  this  standpoint,  it  may  be  admitted  that  the  employ- 
ment of  a  musical  corps  on  behalf  of  the  populace  of  a  large  city, 
may  be  of  no  little  benefit,  if  it  only  serves  to  draw  them  away  from 
the  grosser  amusements  to  which  they  are  attracted  nightly. 

"  Your  politicians  on  an  average  are  too  cowardly,  or  let  me  sub- 
stitute the  word  '  smart,'  to  show  their  cards  in  favor  of  one,  or  the 
opposite  side.  They  know  too  well  that  thereby  votes  will  be  lost 
in  such  a  conflict  before  an  election,  but  such  questions  must  be 
settled  on  a  more  permanent  basis  sooner  or  later.  As  the  United 
States  of  North  America  recognizes  no  particular  religion  or  creed, 
as  in  the  older  countries,  it  cannot  therefore  ignore  a  very  large 
portion  of  the  people  of  your  republic  who  profess  no  particular  re- 
ligion, despite  of  its  being  termed  a  Christian  country. 


IN  PRESENCE  OP  LUCIFER.  87 

"  Let  all  worship  the  Deity  as  they  choose,  they  are  only  respon- 
sible for  their  actions,  good  or  bad.  As  you  have  now  learned,  we 
make  no  distinction  in  regard  to  professions  made.  The  question  is 
sinply:  'What  have  you  rendered  during  life  to  be  elevated  above 
another  when  your  soul  arrives  here  V  '  Has  your  life  been  so  per- 
fect that  no  faults  or  sins  have  been  committed  V  The  power  we 
possess  to  read  the  soul  makes  many  a  supposed  good  man  or  woman 
only  a  hypocrite.  The  work  shown  below  was  for  selfish  ends. 

OPINION    ABOUT    CHRISTIANITY. 

"  Then  you  do  not  hold  that  Christians  are  any  better  than  those 
professing  other  religions  ?"  I  inquired. 

"  No,  if  they  do  not  carry  out  the  lessons  Christ  taught  them. 
It  makes  a  great  difference  between  preaching  and  teaching  Chris- 
tianity and  carrying  it  out.  All  nations  professing  one  or  the  other 
of  the  different  denominations  of  the  Christian  religion,  are  wanting 
in  the  execution  of  the  doctrine  taught  by  Christ. 

"  The  three  great  religions,  not  known  as  heathen,  rest  principally 
upon  the  laws  of  Moses,  or  still  prior,  the  laws  of  the  Egyptians, 
and  by  these  laws  the  larger  part  of  the  world  is  still  governed,  or 
in  the  same  spirit.  One  day  in  the  week  you  preach  Christianity, 
and  six  days  the  laws  of  Moses  are  executed,  and  very  often  poorly 
at  that.  -The  supposed  good  man  or  Christian  is  not  so  full  of  hu- 
mility when  his  right  cheek  is  smitten  to  present  his  left  for  similar 
treatment;  or  in  other  words,  if  you  inflicted  insult  and  injury,  like 
the  true  nature  of  the  Indian  or  savage  it  is  his  equal  desire  to 
return  to  you  coin  of  the  same  kind,  only  in  a  less  savage  manner, 
but  probably  repaying  you  in  a  far  more  injurious  manner  than  the 
savage  would  be  enabled  to  do. 

"This  is  but  human  nature  engrafted  into  man  and  the  animal, 
but  if  you  wish  to  be  a  real  and  genuine  follower  of  Christ,  then  you 
must  have  your  passions  so  controlled  and  subdued  as  would  make 
an  angel  of  you  on  your  earth  below.  It  is  one  of  the  most  difficult 
acts  to  carry  out,  to  execute  the  teachings  of  Jesus  Christ,  to  're- 
turn good  for  evil.'  By  all  your  teachings  and  professions  in  the 
three  great  religions  of  Europe  and  America,  it  is  still  eye  for  eye, 
tooth  for  tooth,  life  for  life,  and  will  be,  because  you  are  only  human 
beings. 

"If  the  Christians  were  in  a  condition  to  carry  out  the  doctrines 
of  Christ  fully,  much  of  our  labor  would  be  curtailed,  for  we  would 
have  that  class  already  in  a  condition  to  pass  over.  But  your  pas- 
sions remain,  causing  some  good  and  much  evil,  and  in  that,  other 
human  beings,  professing  a  different  religion  from  either  Hebrew, 
Christian  or  Mohammedan,  may  even  surpass  you,  and  in  very  many 
instances  do,  for  they  are  far  more  temperate  in  their  appetites  than 
the  Caucasian  race,  who  mostly  profess  the  first  three  religions. 
There  would  be  peace  and  happiness  on  earth.  Many  occupations 
and  tribulations  would  cease  to  exist.  No  war,  no  quarrels,  no  law 


88  RESUSCITATED. 

suits,  no  lawyers  for  that  purpose,  no  fear  of  being  injured  physi- 
cally or  morally  by  man  as  our  foe.  Very  many  troubles  you  would 
be  spared,  as  they  could  not  under  the  circumstances  exist  or  take 
place.  But  the  wolf  does  not  lie  down  with  the  lamb  yet,  unless  at 
the  very  least  there  is  still  a  strong  desire  in  the  rascal  to  take  a 
good  bite  from  the  best  portion  of  the  poor  lamb's  body,  and  the 
lion  is  not  going  to  eat  straw  like  an  ox  yet,  particularly  if  the  quiet 
and  innocent  looking  ox  is  to  share  the  same  field  with  him.  And 
man  is  man  still,  and  he  will  take  advantage  of  another,  be  he  of 
the  very  lowest  type  of  humanity  or  one  of  the  most  advanced  na- 
tions in  civilization,  it  is  the  same  species  still.  It  is  here  where 
the  'finishing  touches'  have  to  be  applied  to  the  very  best  of  them 
even,  to  enable  them  to  make  an  appearance  on  a  higher  stage  of 
progression. 

"It  is  a  waste  of  words  and  time  upon  this  subject,  for  from  what 
you  have  yourself  seen  and  been  taught,  you  must  have  learned 
that  all  the  good  accomplished  must  be  executed  by  yourself.  What 
matters  it  whether  your  faith  is  somewhat  different  from  your 
neighbor.  After  all  the  supposed  difference,  you  both  believe  in  the 
same  great  Deity.  Here,  for  instance,  is  the  true  spirit  of  Chris- 
tians as  they  should  act  towards  each  other.  A  late  religious  jour- 
nal mentions  the  following:  'We  have  before  us  the  twenty-ninth 
annual  report  of  the  Protestant  Kirchliche  Hilfsverein  of  the  Can- 
ton of  Argau,  for  the  year  1881,  and  one  of  the  most  remarkable 
features  in  it  is  the  list  of  kindly  and  brotherly  actions  which  the 
Protestant  minority  has  received  in  many  communes  from  the  Cath- 
olic majority.  At  Rheinfelden,  the  Protestant  congregation  does 
not  as  yet  possess  a  church  of  its  own,  although  it  is  collecting 
funds  to  build  one.  Hence  it  meets  at  present  in  a  large  room ;  but 
at  the  recent  installation  of  a  new  Protestant  Pfarrer  (pastor),  when 
this  room  was  found  to  be  too  small  to  accommodate  the  number  of 
visitors  who  were  expected  at  the  ceremony,  the  Catholic  congrega- 
tion offered  their  evangelical  fellow  citizens  the  free  use  of  the 
parish  church,  which  was  gladly  accepted,  and  many  Catholics 
attended  the  service.  Such  a  fact  shows  a  growth  of  tolerance  on 
both  sides.'  This,"  Lucifer  added,  "is  the  true  Christian  spirit  and 
intellectual  progress,  which,  wherever  exhibited,  will  bear  good 
fruit.  And  here  I  will  add  another  item,  showing  the  spirit  of 
some  noted  clergyman  who  was  not  full  of  hypocrisy  and  deceit : 

"  'The  Bishop  of  Melbourne,  Australia,  being  requested  by  a  dep- 
utation to  use  prayer  in  order  to  produce  rain,  answered  and  told 
them  plainly  that  it  would  be  not  only  absurd,  but  useless,  to  use 
such  a  prayer,  as  the  laws  of  nature  and  the  causes  which  con- 
trol the  weather  are  irrevocably  fixed  and  cannot  be  changed 
by  prayers,  which  are  only  intended  for  spiritual  commun- 
ion with  the  Deity,  and  in  them  only  spiritual  blessings  should  be 
asked.  Instead  of  praying  for  rain  he  recommended  judicious  irri- 
gation to  the  petitioners.' 


IN    PRESENCE    OF    LUCIFER.  89 

"Here,  then,  Mr.  Smith,  is  no  false  doctrine  and  no  hypocrisy. 
Such  a  man  ought  to  be  highly  honored  for  displaying  his  moral 
courage.  Many  a  Bishop  may  hold  the  same  opinion  but  dare  not 
express  his  views  before  his  flock.  In  this  case  there  is  great  inde- 
pendence and  uprightness  manifested,  not  often  met  with  in  clergy- 
men. This  Bishop,  besides,  admits  that  he  occasionally  smokes  a 
cigar  and  drinks  a  glass  of  wine.  Will  he  be  damned  for  it? 

PUBLIC    LAND. 

"A  few  words  of  caution  regarding  your  public  land  may  not  be 
amiss.  The  opinion  prevailing  here  is  that  your  public  land  is 
rushed  off  too  rapidly,  cheaply,  and  in  too  large  quantities,  to  capi- 
talists of  both  Europe  and  America,  principally  purchased  for  the 
purpose  of  speculation.  Look  well  to  your  birthright.  When  a 
large  tract  of  land  is  purchased  from  the  government,  there  ought 
to  be  a  surety  given  that  colonies  be  established  and  the  land  culti- 
vated, when  foreign  persons  purchase  public  land.  It  has  been 
purchased  lately  of  an  area  sufficiently  large  to  create  a  fair  sized 
state  or  kingdom  out  of  it.  To  a  great  extent  what  has  been 
mentioned  must  apply  to  the  American  citizen,  when  the  land  pur- 
chased is  not  intended  for  cultivation.  The  quantity  ought  to  be 
limited,  at  any  rate,  and  a  surety  given  that  the  land  be  brought 
under  cultivation,  and  the  smaller  the  acreage  into  which  it  is 
divided  and  subdivided,  the  better  the  cultivation  and  yield  will  be. 
Let  me  assure  you  all  the  fertile  public  land  you  have  is  needed  and 
will  be  taken  possession  of  in  less  than  two  centuries.  Let  it  not 
pass  into  the  hands  of  the  rich  alone,  or  else  history  will  repeat 
itself  in  America  as  well  as  Europe.  What  that  signifies,  Mr. 
Smith,  you  must  be  aware. 

MORE    SECURITY    ON    WATER    AND    LAND. 

"  I  will  now  give  you  my  opinion  in  regard  to  protection  of  the 
traveling  public  on  water  and  land.  The  governments  of  the  civil- 
ized world  should  make  trans- Atlantic  and  other  navigation  com- 
panies FULLY  RESPONSIBLE  for  any  deficiency  on  their  steamers,  or 
where  not  proper  safeguards  and  appliances  are  supplied  in  the  as- 
sistance of  saving  life  by  shipwreck  or  accident  on  the  high  sea.  It 
is  well  known  that  there  are  life-saving  devices  invented  of  various 
descriptions,  which  would  greatly  aid  in  diminishing  the  loss  of  life 
by  water  were  they  carried  or  adopted  by  the  ships.  The  main  ob- 
ject is  to  save  money  and  carry  as  many  passengers  and  as  much 
freight  as  possible,  in  order  to  produce  large  profits  or  dividends  to 
the  stockholders  of  the  company.  This  is,  of  course,  far  more 
agreeable  than  the  purchase  of  life-rafts  and  the  later  style  of  life- 
preservers. 

"  It  is  also  frequently  the  case,  at  these  periodical   accidents,  that 
neither  the  crew  nor  the  passengers  had  been  properly  instructed  in ' 
the  uses  of  some  devices.     The  life-saving  apparatus  ought  to  be 


90  RESUSCITATED. 

within  reach,  and  the  company  ought  to  be  compelled  to  explain  to 
its  passengers  the  use  of  life-preservers  and  similar  devices.  When 
the  accident  has  taken  place  it  is  too  late,  and  the  people  are  too 
greatly  excited  to  be  properly  guided  and  instructed. 

"  The  crew  ought  to  be  drilled  for  accidents  generally,  including 
fire  and  explosions,  in  order  to  know  how  to  manage  when  the  dan- 
ger threatens.  If  all  discipline  has  ceased  on  board  of  a  ship,  and 
nothing  but  fear  is  visible  upon  the  countenances  of  the  crew,  then 
you  may  rest  assured  that  a  great  loss  of  life  will  occur,  unless  a 
miracle  should  take  place  to  save  them.  The  greatest  attention, 
also,  ought  to  be  paid  to  the  closing  of  the  compartments  of  the  reg- 
ular passenger  steamers.  If  there  were  no  neglect,  many  a  ship 
would  not  have  gone  to  the  bottom  so  rapidly  and  caused  such  great 
loss  of  life  and  property.  When  the  ship  is  caught  in  a  fog,  as  it  is 
only  too  often  the  case  in  close  proximity  to  England,  the  greatest 
attention  ought  tobe  paid  to  preventing  a  collision.  The  rate  of  speed 
adopted,  when  thus  endangered,  is  too  great  geneaally. 

"A  great  security  lies  in  the  experienced  and  sober  commandant. 
A  man  who  is  addicted  to  strong  drink,  that  is,  found  intoxicated, 
ought  to  be  deprived  of  his  office.  The  danger  is  too  great  even  if 
the  subordinate  officers  are  extremely  careful,  because  the  command- 
ant is  still  the  ruler  of  the  vessel,  even  when  half  drunk. 

RAILROADS. 

"  Regarding  the  railroads,  it  may  be  said  that  an  employe  con- 
nected with  a  railroad  and  holding  a  responsible  position,  where  it 
lies  in  his  power  through  his  carelessness  or  intemperance  to  cause 
the  loss  of  life,  ought  to  be  made  FULLY  AMENABLE  to  the  laws  of 
the  land,  and  the  companies  also  made  responsible,  when  proof  is 
offered  that  a  person  was  employed  who  was  known  to  be  negligent 
of  his  duties. 

"The  employes,  such  as  brakeman  and  others,  ought  to  have 
better  protection  for  their  lives.  There  are  too  many  killed  and 
maimed  by  the  old  devices  that  are  in  use  yet  in  the  coupling  of 
cars.  Just  as  it  is  with  the  steamers,  so  with  the  railroads,  the  new 
devices  cause  an  outlay  of  money  by  the  use  of  the  patented  article, 
and  the  change  of  cars,  mostly  freight  cars,  for  between  those  gen- 
erally is  your  young  brakeman  jammed  into  a  mass  of  crushed  bones 
and  quivering  flesh,  to  die  or  to  be  'repaired'  by  surgical  aid,  which 
signifies  minus  certain  limbs  for  life.  The  law  of  the  State  or  gov- 
ernment should  give  better  protection  in  these  cases,  as  it  is  possible 
to  prevent  many  accidents  by  adopting  improved  methods  of  coup- 
ling the  cars,  or  do  away  almost  entirely  from  that  source.  The  life 
to»the  stockholder  of  these  companies  may  be  of  little  value,  but  a 
civilized  nation  cannot  coolly  sit  by  and  allow  these  accidents  to  be 
repeated  over  and  over  again,  when  it  is  known  that  a  preventive  is 
at  hand. 

"The  crossings  of  railroads  ought  to  be  far  better  guarded  than 
they  usually  are  in  the  United  States.  Wherever  there  are  cross- 


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ings,  and  where  many  vehicles  have  to  pass,  there  guards  ought 
to  be  stationed,  who  would  prevent  careless  drivers  from  endanger- 
ing their  own  or  other  people's  lives.  Often,  too,  no  danger  is 
feared;  for  how  do  they  know  precisely  when  a  train  is  due,  or 
passes  that  particular  spot?  If  the  man  must  wait,  he  may  arrive 
at  his  destination  somewhat  later,  but  it  is  far  better  to  obey  rules 
and  regulations,  than  to  be  cut  up  in  the  style  your  fiery  horses  have 
a  way  of  doing.  The  tracks,  when  they  approach  a  large  city,  or 
even  small  ones,  should  be  well  guarded  by  high  fences,  and  no  one 
permitted  to  use  them  as  a  sort  of  highway,  or  as  a  promenading 
place  for  the  blind,  deaf,  and  the  nurses  of  children.  Allow  no  one 
upon  the  track  but  those  assigned  to  duty  there.  In  the  United 
States  the  greatest  carelessness  is  thus  displayed,  not  only  by  the 
employes,  but  by  the  people  themselves,  and  in  many  cases  where 
the  companies  were  financially  bled  for  some  gross  carelessness,  they 
were  not  in  the  least  responsible  for  the  life,  nor  the  lost  limb  of  the 
careless  sufferer. 

"This  may  be  applied  to  the  loss  of  animals,  also,  in  not  a  few 
cases.  It  is  necessary  to  look  at  both  sides  of  a  question  to  be  just, 
as  many  accidents  were  and  are  atoned  for  financially  by  railroad 
companies,  where  the  parties  have  no  claim  whatever.  The  com- 
panies themselves  must  be  empowered  with  certain  rights  on  their 
roads,  at  certain  localities,  and  then  enforce  their  rights. 

"If  a  vicious  boy  jumps  on  to  a  moving  train  at  a  certain  locality 
in  a  city,  and  is  run  over,  how  is  the  company  liable  for  such  beha- 
vior? It  is  true,  the  company  is  empowered  to  prevent  the  attempt, 
but  the  officers  in  charge  are  not  sufficiently  numerous  to  watch  at 
all  points,  when  the  roads  are  so  open  as  they  mostly  are  in  the 
United  States,  and  where  every  vicious  and  ill-trained  boy  cannot 
be  watched. 

GOVERNMENT    RAILROADS    AND    TELEGRAPHS. 

In  regard  to  railroads  and  telegraphs,  your  government  ought  to 
begin  to  make  an  attempt  at  controlling  some  of  the  main  lines. 
As  in  postal  affairs,  since  postage  has  been  lowered,  the  revenue  has 
increased,  so  would  travel  increase  if  the  rates  were  lowered  so  as 
simply  to  cover  expenses  and  a  small  profit.  That  very  large  profits 
are  the  result  in  the  working  of  some  roads  is  plain  enough.  Men 
do  not  become  rich  and  acquire  millions  unless  there  is  some  revenue 
or  bonanza  from  which  the  supply  is  drawn.  It  is  of  course  not 
generally  admitted.  This  is,  however,  a  political  question,  in  which 
very  many  people  are  interested,  and  even  if  the  attempt  is  made, 
it  will  meet  with  strong  opposition,  because  politicians  on  both 
sides  are  more  or  less  affected  by  such  a  change ;  therefore,  for  this  and 
other  reasons,  no  change  may  be  expected  for  years  to  come.  The 
government,  in  both  methods  of  conveyance  or  in  the  use  of  railroad 
and  telegraph,  ought  to  be  more  independent.  It  ought  to  control 
its  own  lines  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco ;  then  designing  men 
would  be  curbed  in  their  selfish  speculations. 


92  RESUSCITATED. 

SAFE    BUILDING. 

"Closer  attention  ought  to  be  paid  to  tbe  safety  of  buildings 
where  a  large  number  of  people  congregate.  Such  buildings  ought 
never  to  be  overcrowded,  and  it  is  not  sufficient  to  observe  these 
rules  only  right  after  some  great  accident  has  happened,  but  to  make 
the  rules  permanent.  The  doors  of  all  public  buildings  ought,  of 
course,  to  open  outward,  and  safety  established  against  "the  usual  ac- 
cidents caused  by  the  negligence  of  man. 

"Works  where  dangerous  explosives  are  manufactured  ought  to 
be  isolated  as  much  as  possible,  and  not  permitted  in  close  proximity 
to  a  growing  village  or  town.  It  is  well  known  that  some  towns  in 
your  country  grow  very  rapidly;  if,  then,  explosions  occur,  the  loss  of 
life  and  property  must  be  greater — or  that  sooner  or  later,  an  explos- 
ion takes  place,  is  an  established  fact,  as  the  past  may  inform  you. 

SANITARY    MATTERS. 

"The  sanitary  question  in  your  large  cities,  as  well  as  smaller 
ones,  requires  the  closest  attention  on  behalf  of  the  inhabitants.  The 
most  able  men  who  have  studied  the  subject  should  take  the  duty  i» 
charge,  and  recommend  remedies,  and  when  recommended,  the  town 
authorities  should  possess  the  energy  and  will  to  have  them  executed. 
No  figure-head,  or  incompetent  person,  or  persons,  must  hold  such 
a  responsible  position,  for  this  is  not  an  office  specially  created  for 
some  'worker'  in  an  election,  for  whom  the  chosen  candidate  seeks 
employment  at  the  expense  of,  the  public.  Men  who  have  made 
special  studies  of  questions  in  which  man  is  threatened  to  sustain 
great  injury,  be  it  direct  or  indirect,  cannot  be  replaced  when  they 
hold  a  responsible  office  by  men  'who  are  willing  to  learn.'  Should 
such  a  person  be  tolerated  who  acquires  similar  offices,  any  more 
than  a  perfect  greenhorn  who  is  willing  to  learn  to  drive  a  locomo- 
tive, or  take  charge  of  an  ocean  steamer  as  chief  engineer,  without 
having  acquired  the  requisite  knowledge  and  manipulations  of  the 
machinery. 

MOB  LAW. 

"About  'mob  law'  I  will  say,  that  better  attention  should  be 
paid  to  the  security  of  prisoners  who  are  charged  with  heinous 
crimes.  The  city  and  county  governments,  and  the  State  itself, 
must  give  sufficient  security  in  leaving  the  prisoners  unmolested, 
and  assuring  them  of  having  fair  and  righteous  trials.  It  has  been 
frequently  proved  that  circumstantial  evidence  can  be  such,  through 
various  causes,  that  life  may,  by  hasty  executions,  like  hanging  by 
a  mob,  be  taken  innocently.  But  even  if  death  be  deserved  you 
must,  as  a  leading  civilized  nation,  allow  the  strong  (but  often  too 
slow)  arm  of  the  law  to  take  its  usual  course.  It  must  be  admitted 
that  in  many  cases  the  crimes  are  of  such  magnitude  that  only  a 
speedy  and  also  a  violent  death  can  atone  for  it,  but  haste  may 


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cause  great  regret  if  the  wrong  person  is  sacrificed.  No  such 
criminal  transaction  can  elevate  a  nation.  Law  and  order  every- 
where over  the  land  must  be  obeyed,  and  the  criminal  must  have 
guaranteed  a  just  and  fair  trial.  In  not  a  few  of  these  hasty  and 
violent  executions  has  it  been  proved  that  men  engaged  in  such 
acts  had  been  previously  (and  were  subsequently)  connected  with 
crimes  themselves,  which  would  have  brought  them  very  near  to 
the  gallows,  and  such  men  thirst  for  blood  and  life. 

SENTIMENTALITY. 

"On  the  other  hand,  there  is  a  sentimental,  half-religious  class 
amongst  you,  mostly  congregated  in  the  larger  cities,  and  composed 
of  young,  sentimental  women,  with  some  older  would-be  philan- 
thropists, who  ought  not  to  be  encouraged  too  much  in  the  methods 
they  adopt  in  behalf  of  the  welfare  of  the  criminals  mentioned.  It 
may  be  an  act  of  charity  to  supply  a  hardened  criminal,  as  a  mur- 
derer, with  clean  clothing,  and  otherwise  make  him  appear  as  a 
human  being  should  seem,  but  when  attempts  are  made  to  make 
heroes  out  of  such  fiendish  criminals  who  commit  horrible  and 
atrocious  deeds  in  cold  blood,  and  without  the  least  human  feelings, 
it  must  not  only  lower  the  standard  of  intelligence  of  a  people,  but 
it  gives  direct  encouragement  to  such  fiends — puts,  in  fact,  a  sort  of 
reward  upon  heinous  deeds.  There  are  deeds  committed  which  can 
only  be  atoned  by  death,  and  when  the  proof  is  clear,  no  trifling 
flaw  of  the  law  ought  to  be  the  cause  of  retarding  an  execution. 
Away  with  him  or  her.  Hang,  shoot,  or  decapitate  them,  or  use 
methods  that  are  still  more  rapid  to  deprive  of  life  without  the 
slightest  noise  or  unsightliness.  Give  their  bodies  to  the  surgeons 
to  aid  science  at  some  medical  college,  and  what  is  left,  cremate,  and 
give  the  ashes  to  relatives,  if  a  demand  is  made,  and  if  not,  place 
the  remnant  at  properly  assigned  places.  Such  should  be  the  pen- 
alty after  sentence  is  passed,  and  the  more  rapid  the  human  being  is 
deprived  of  life,  the  more  humane  it  will  be,  and  the  less  painful. 
To  torture  your  criminals  by  the  bungling  of  inexperienced  persons 
in  hanging,  is  cruelty.  The  law  simply  demands  the  life  of  the 
criminal  and  no  more.  Torture  is  not  meant,  but  frequently  torture 
is  applied.  There  has  been  a  great  deal  of  sentimentality  exhibited 
about  executions,  but  wherever  capital  punishment  has  been  abol- 
ished, there  the  crimes  increased,  because  your  brutalized  criminal 
only  fears  punishment  when  life  is  taken,  or  wherever  pain  is  in- 
flicted upon  him. 

"A  late  writer,  traveler,  and  statesman,  on  the  other  side  of  the 
Atlantic  ocean,  says  :  '  It  is  only  by  corporal  punishment,  liberally 
administered,  that  the  horrible  brutality  of  modern  roughs,  both 
young  and  old,  can  be  checked.'  Need  I  tell  you,  as  both  countries 
are  similar,  it  might  with  profit  be  applied  to  your  country,  and 
often  when  incarceration  would  not  have  the  slightest  effect  upon  a 
hardened  criminal,  a  little  instrument  known  in  physics  and  to  a 


94  RESUSCITATED. 

\ 

certain  extent  by  your  physicians,  would  have  a  better  effect,  if  ju- 
diciously applied,  than  the  '  cat-o'-nine- tails.'  If  the  fellow  would 
not  tremble  at  the  sight  of  the  instrument  the  second  time  applied, 
he  would  be  courageous  indeed. 

"  Sometimes  a  good  thrashing,  applied  in  proper  time  to  your  regu- 
lar ruffian  and  bully,  has  already  a  very  wholesome  effect.  The  dear 
boy  was  spared  at  home  when  he  was  young,  so  the  public  has  to 
measure  out  his  quota,  adding  interest  too  for  extra  crookedness. 
But  in  not  a  few  cases  the  brute  in  human  shape  is  imprisoned, 
overwhelmed  with  religious  tracts  and  flowers,  and  a  sort  of  hero  is 
made  of  him.  Those  who  ought  really  to  create  sympathy  are  in 
the  meantime  neglected,  as  their  crimes  have  not  sufficiently  ma- 
tured or  developed  yet  to  be  thought  important  enough  to  tame 
down.  (?) 

"  This  is  a  sickly  sort  of  humanity,  coming  from  still  more  sickly 
religious  views.  If  those  people  really  meant  to  show  charity,  be- 
nevolence, or  their  Christian  spirit,  material  can  generally  be  found 
very  near,  in  large  cities,  far  more  worthy  than  the  class  mentioned, 
This  sort  of  charity  must  have  a  pernicious  effect  upon  the  rising 
generation,  for  there  are  thousands  of  young  men  who  are  pushed 
forward  by  their  vanity  and  their  training  to  gain  prominence,  and 
if  their  minds  are  badly  balanced,  they  may  even  be  gratified  to  out- 
shine others  in  criminality.  To  no  man  or  woman  of  honor  and 
good  sense,  would  a  man  appear  otherwise  than  a  great  criminal  who 
had  shot  and  killed  another  (who  befriended  him)  in  the  back,  and 
thereby  gained  some  filthy  lucre  and  some  sort  of  reputation  or  fame, 
owing  to  the  murdered  man  being  an  outlaw.  Such  men  sooner  or 
later  will  also  have  to  die  unnatural  deaths.  The  deed  committed 
is  but  murder,  although  sanctioned  indirectly  by  higher  authorities. 
This  is  using  weapons  in  civil  life  similar  to  forbidden  warfare  by 
civilized  nations.  Only  your  appointed  officer  can  take  life,  and  only 
when  forced  to  defend  himself  in  behalf  of  his  own  life  or  in  the 
prevention  of  escape  of  a  great  criminal. 

"  Yet  this  class  of  men  at  your  theaters,  if  placed  on  exhibition, 
or  take  a  part  themselves  in  an  act  specially  written  for  them,  draw 
often  full  houses,  and  sometimes  one  of  those  idiotic  and  sentimental 
human  plants  of  the  opposite  sex  may  have  a  false  cupid  to  delude 
her  heart  and  head  to  such  a  degree  that  nothing  but  matrimony 
will  be  an  antidote  to  the  malady.  Generally  the  time  is  brief  to 
impress  upon  such  a  class  of  females  what  sort  of  a  human  elephant 
they  have  drawn  in  their  matrimonial  lottery.  Ill-treatment  and 
death  has  frequently  been  the  reward  of  such  rashness.  A  wolf 
cannot  be  turned  into  a  lamb,  nor  can  it  be  expected  that  such  men 
make  good  and  humane  husbands,  although  there  may  be  a  few  ex- 
ceptions. 

AMERICAN    ABROAD. 

"Now  a  word  about  the  foreign  born  citizen  visiting  his  native 
country,  and  there  creating  disturbances  and  getting  arrested.  He 


IN    PRESENCE    OF    LUCIFER.  95 

demands  that  the  Government  of  the  United  States  give  him  protec- 
tion and  cause  his  release,  because  it  gave  him  citizenship  and  made 
him  one  of  the  'sovereigns'  (?)  of  your  great  republic.  Have  you 
ever  reflected,  Mr.  Smith,  about  this1?  It  may  be  patriotic  to  assist 
in  the  release  of  your  relatives  and  friends  when  oppressed  in  a  for- 
eign country.  Such  an  act  may  be  overlooked,  even  if  you  were  a 
foreigner,  which  you  really  are,  in  the  land  you  visit.  As  an  Ameri- 
can citizen,  you  have  no  right  to  visit  any  European  country  of  which 
you  happen  to  be  a  native,  and  while  there,  try  to  stir  up  a  rebel- 
lion, or  speak  disrespectfully  of  the  government  where  you  sojourn. 
You  are  subject  to  the  laws  of  the  land  you  revisit,  and  while  you 
can  rail  and  find  fault  against  the  government  in  your  own  country, 
the  same  right  cannot  be  expected  to  be  tolerated  by  the  foreign 
government  whose  country  you  visit.  There  is  too  much  sympathy 
thrown  away  in  such  cases,  and  a  person  who  has  thus  got  himself 
into  trouble,  lacks  either  good  sense,  or  entertains  some  rascality 
which  requires  a  little  cooping  up. 

"If  the  English,  French  and  German  Governments  allow  its  citi- 
zens (not  emigrants)  to  visit  this  country,  and  while  here,  they  com- 
mit acts  which  the  law  of  the  land  does  not  tolerate,  what  objections 
could  those  governments  raise  if  these  men  were  arrested  and  prop- 
erly punished  ?  Why  should  your  people  expect  different  treat- 
ment] In  monarchies,  as  well  as  republics,  the  laws  of  the  land 
must  be  obeyed,  or  chaos  and  disorder  would  follow.  In  plain  lan- 
guage, let  the  foreign  born  citizen  visiting  his  native  country,  as 
Germany,  England,  and  Ireland,  exercise  some  control  over  his 
tongue,  and  he  will  receive  better  treatment  than  when  he  attacks 
these  governments  in  their  own  country,  and  thus  beards  the  lion. 
And  we  may  add,  whenever  foul  and  cowardly  means  are  resorted 
to  to  accomplish  an  end  in  a  cause,  no  matter  how  worthy  pre- 
viously, the  methods  adopted  take  away  a  large  portion  of  sympathy, 
or  diminish  that  cause. 

"There  are  many,  very  many  things  to  be  righted  yet  in  your 
world,  but  reason  and  the  advancing  spirit  of  the  age  must  take 
hold  of  them,  applying  force  or  gentleness,  whichever  may  be  thought 
most  prudent,  or  applicable.  If,  however,  resort  is  had  to  assassina- 
tion, and  other  cowardly  and  uncivilized  acts,  by  which,  the  innocent 
mostly  have  to  suffer,  then  such  a  cause  must  deserve  less  moral  and 
financial  support  than  may  be  expected.  It  may  also  come  to  pass, 
when  grosser  and  more  numerous  dark  deeds  are  committed  by  this, 
to  a  great  extent,  race  hatred;  when  the  'lions'  and  'bulls'  on  one 
side  will  become  so  excited  that  not  a  little  mischief  may  be  expected 
from  them,  and  many  find  their  way  to  this  part  of  those  who  first 
began  this  sort  of  warfare.  Without  doubt,  much  innocent  blood 
would  thus  be  sacrificed,  and  in  the  end  a  tried  and  courageous  nation 
cannot  be  coerced  into  terms,  or  accept  unconditionally  what  is  de- 
manded, by  trying  to  frighten  it.  In  the  end  these  crimes  will  re- 
coil, with  terrible  force,  on  the  perpetrators  and  instigators  both. 


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Those  who  are  advocating  this  sort  of  warfare  may  discover,  when 
it  is  too  late,  that  they  are  playing  with  a  two-edged  sword,  cutting 
both  ways,  for  between  the  European,  American,  and  transplanted 
European,  the  difference  is  very  small.  If  dynamite,  then,  has  be- 
come the  terror  of  Europe,  can  it  not  be  transplanted  to  a  country 
called  a  republic,  and  there,  for  every  grudge,  for  every  supposed 
wrong,  cause  destruction  to  life 'and  property?  Those  journalists, 
therefore,  who  are  otherwise  honest  and  fair  when  it  concerns  the 
country  in  which  they  reside,  should  not  encourage  such  principles 
in  other  countries.  If  this  explosive  theory  takes  possession  of  the 
lower  classes  in  large  cities,  then  you  may  look  for  a  general  uproar, 
not  only  in  the  civilized  countries  of  Europe,  but,  also,  in  the  vari- 
ous countries  of  America.  It  will  be  difficult  to  say  when  and 
where  it  will  end,  if  the  press  of  any  country  countenances  such 
criminalities,  or  tries  to  find  excuses  in  behalf  of  the  justice  or 
righteousness  of  such  deeds. 

PUBLIC    SCHOOLS. 

''About  the  public  schools  of  your  country  it  may  be  remarked, 
that  while  I  entertain  the  greatest  respect  and  admiration  for  learned 
and  accomplished  human  beings,  I  find  the  average  man  or  woman 
(below)  does  not  require  it,  and  in  not  a  few  instances,  it  may  cause 
injury,  if  only  a  smattering  of  learning  is  acquired.  A  solid  Eng- 
lish education,  befitting  your  country,  is  far  better  than  acquiring 
bad  French  and  German.  As  a  traveler,  I  entertain  the  highest  re 
gard  for  the  linguist,  but  he  must  not  be  deficient  in  other  requisite 
knowledge. 

"At  the  present  age,  the  better  informed  class  of  all  civilized  na- 
tions must  pay  attention  in  acquiring  the  leading  modern  languages, 
and  after  they  have  mastered  one,  they  will  find  it  of  advantage  to 
pay  attention  to  another — just  the  same  as  in  scientific  studies, 
there  are  connecting  links,  and  a  knowledge  of  one  assists  in  acquir- 
ing the  other. 

"  English,  French,  and  German  ought  to  be  acquired,  and  in  your 
State  the  Spanish  language,  and  even  the  Chinese  may  prove  to  be 
remunerative  from  a  commercial  standpoint.  If  any  of  these  lan- 
guages, however,  have  to  be  acquired  at  the  expense  of  the  English 
language,  it  will  be  far  better  to  leave  the  studies  out,  or  only  to 
those  who  are  designed  by  their  social  standing  to  acquire  more  ex- 
tensive knowledge,  or  to  those  whose  intellectual  development  is 
greater. 

"  Music,  being  a  similar  acquirement,  could  be  omitted  or  taught 
at  home,  if  desired ;  but  drawing,  again,  a  most  useful  knowedge  in 
after  lite,  in  almost  any  trade  or  occupation  of  both  sexes,  should 
not  be  neglected.  It  trains  the  eye  for  many  purposes,  and  in  the 
use  of  the  finer  work  of  woman  is  a  constant  guide,  as  well  as  the 
trades  that  the  young  men  are  to  follow  in  the  future, 


IN    PRESENCE   OP   LUCIFER.  97 

WANTED. 

"  The  schools  generally  ought  to  be  better  supplied  with  simple 
apparatus  to  convey  ideas  to  the  mind  of  the  child.  It  is  far  more 
effective  than  the  language  in  the  books,  even  when  illustrated. 
Everything  should  be  as  simple  as  possible  to  the  minor  classes,  and 
no  attempt  made  to  make  it  appear  scientific.  The  child  ought  to 
be  made  earlier  acquainted  with  some  of  Nature's  laws  and  particu- 
larly our  surroundings.  At  present  not  even  your  average  citizen 
or  supervisor  of  a  county  can  inform  you  what  constitutes  water,  or 
can  tell  what  gases  he  breathes.  It  is  true,  he  is  '  posted,'  as  he 
calls  it,  that  he  breathes  air,  but  that  mixture  may  be  variously  con- 
stituted, according  to  the  locality  and  circumstances,  making  an  air 
not  at  all  conducive  to  health.  Simple  apparatus  or  instruments 
represents  the  part  to  be  instructed  in  the  best,  or  conveys  the  idea 
to  the  mind  at  once. 

"  Some  physiological  knowledge  ought  also  to  be  taught.  For 
instance,  why  should  the  child  not  early  acquire  some  knowledge 
about  the  functions  of  the  pores  and  why  you  take  a  cold  ?  The  ma- 
jority, or  at  least  many,  of  the  diseases  of  the  human  being  have 
their  origin  from  that  source.  Can  it  be  too  early  to  acquaint  the 
child  of  it  1  There  are  other  matters  of  similar  nature  which  could 
be  pointed  out  to  the  pupils  and  have  good  effect  when  gradually 
comprehended. 

KINDNESS    TO    ANIMALS. 

"Although  no  direct  religious  teachings  are  inculcated  in  your 
public  schools,  it  yet  would  in  a  moral  sense  be  a  great  benefit  to 
teach  the  child  kindness  to  animals.  The  boy  who  has  learned  to 
stick  pins  into  flies,  throw  stones  at  every  bird  and  smaller  animal 
he  chances  to  meet,  is  very  apt,  if  left  to  himself,  to  substitute 
the  Bowie-knife  for  the  pin  and  a  revolver  for  small  stones 
when^he  grows  up  to  practice  his  acquired  habit  upon  his  own 
species.  Prevent  him  by  kind  words — by  force  and  punish- 
ment if  necessary.  Let  him  be  publicly  taught  that  even  an  ani- 
mal has  some  rights  which  a  civilized  human  being  MUST  RESPECT. 
Torture  and  the  wanton  killing  of  animals,  who  cause  no  harm  but 
rather  benefit  mankind,  MUST  BE  STOPPED.  In  this,  however,  it  must 
not  be  understood  that  my  views  are  against  vivisection  when  honestly 
carried  out  for  scientific  purposes.  To  gain  knowledge,  experiments 
must  be  made,  and  some  of  those  experiments  demand  the  life,  and 
man  cannot  be  sacrificed,  therefore  advantage  is  taken  of  the  animal. 

EXERCISE. 

"Some  attention  ought  to  be  paid  to  rational  exercise,  and 
wherever  it  is  possible  the  more  advanced  pupils  ought  to  receive 
some  instruction  in  the  use  of  the  saw,  hammer,  plane,  chisel,  auger, 
file,  etc.  It  would  not  only  be  useful  exercise,  but  also  a  benefit  in 
after  life  when  grown  up. 


98  RESUSCITATED. 

"  After  having  mastered  the  rudiments  of  drawing  and  acquired 
the  use  of  various  tools,  many  of  these  young  fellows  would  have  al- 
ready acquired  a  sort  of  apprenticeship,  and  if  subsequently  em- 
ployed in  the  trades,  it  would  give  them  great  advantage  over  others. 
Therefore  a  half  an  hour  thus  spent,  developing  the  muscles,  would 
not  only  produce  wholesome  exercise,  but  it  would  cause  benefits 
subsequently. 

"  It  is  a  well  known  fact,  many  of  your  most  successful  and  prom- 
inent men  were  just  such,  who  in  early  life  acquired  some  mechani- 
cal trade.  It  did  not  prevent  them  in  after  life  from  attaining 
higher  accomplishments  and  wealth.  A  simple  carpenter  may  thus 
become  a  noted  astronomer. 

VENTILATION. 

"Ventilation  and  judicious  exercise  are  two  items  of  a  school 
room  to  which  the  teachers  must  ever  pay  attention,  in  behalf  of 
the  health  of  their  scholars.  A  large  quantity  of  carbonic  acid 
present  in  close  or  small  school  rooms,  may  injure  the  children's 
health  not  a  little.  In  the  older  countries,  the  air  of  school  rooms 
is  frequently  analyzed,  in  order  to  know  the  percentage  of  carbonic 
acid  gas  (CO2)  present  in  the  room,  when  occupied  for  some  time, 
but  in  your  country  no  attempt  has  thus  far  been  made,  or  if  an 
attempt  was  ever  made  it  was  not  depending  upon  instructions  from 
those  who  rule  your  schools.  The  analysis  of  the  gases  is  a  delicate 
undertaking,  requiring  care  and  knowledge  in  its  manipulations,  but 
the  quantity  of  carbonic  acid  can  be  ascertained  pretty  nearly  by 
a  very  simple  apparatus,  which  every  teacher  of  ordinary  intelli- 
gence may  acquire  the  knowledge  to  handle,  and  he  or  she  be  made 
acquainted  with  the  percentage  of  this  injurious  gas  present  in  the 
room. 

DRAINAGE. 

"Another  important  matter  is  to  look  to  the  drainage  of  Isuper- 
fluous  water  and  refuse  to  be  carried  off.  If  any  new  devices  have 
been  introduced  direct  into  the  buildings  and  school  rooms,  it  should 
be  the  duty  of  those  in  charge  to  look  well  to  the  safety  of  the 
children.  The  pipes  carrying  off  the  waste  matter  ought  to  be  fre- 
quently inspected.  Gases,  generally  arising  from  closed  receptacles 
where  such  matter  finds  its  way,  have  proved  far  more  dangerous  to 
those  who  are  inactive  or  asleep,  than  those  who  are  in  activity,  the 
latter  are  seldom  injured.  This  is  one  of  the  reasons  the  plumber 
himself  is  not  affected,  or  very  seldom.  The  future  generations  will 
and  must  pay  far  better  attention  to  these  sanitary  laws,  and  they 
will  be  more  easily  executed,  for  the  reason  that  man  has  become 
more  enlightened.  Ignorance  has  always  been  difficult  to  manage, 
and  truth  often  gained  no  foothold,  while  imposition  and  charlatan- 
ism had  no  trouble  to  gain  its  end. 


IN    PRESENCE    OF    LUCIFER.  99 


FOREIGN    LANGUAGES. 

"It  has  been  observed  that  where  the  foreign  element  is  strongly 
represented,  an  opinion  seems  to  prevail  that  their  children  ought  to 
be  educated  in  the  language  to  which  they  were  natives,  or  they  be 
taught  the  mother-tongue  of  the  parents.  From  a  political  stand- 
point, the  idea  is  entirely  wrong  and  defective.  The  leading  lan- 
guage of  your  Republic  is  the  English,  and  that  language  you  are 
compelled  to  perpetuate,  not  foreign  languages.  The  law  of  the 
land  demands  American  citizens  to  be  educated  in  the  English  lan- 
guage, and  not  to  perpetuate  a  foreign  one,  be  it  German,  French, 
Italian,  or  a  dead  language,  like  the  Irish.  No  reasonable  man  or 
woman,  however,  would  expect  that  the  parents  themselves  had  no 
right  to  have  their  children  acquire  their  own  tongue,  which  they  have 
learned  to  speak  best. 

"The  acquisition  of  languages  at  the  present  age  is  of  great  ben- 
efit, and  as  traveling  to  foreign  countries  constantly  increases  by 
better  facilities  being  offered,  just  so  will  the  demand  increase  for 
the  requisite  knowledge  to  travel.  From  an  educational  point  of 
view,  therefore,  the  encouragement  to  acquire  modern  languages 
must  differ  from  the  political  point  of  view.  If  the  scholar's  intel- 
lect is  too  dull  to  acquire  even  the  language  of  the  country,  it  must 
be  folly  to  tax  the  brains  of  such  with  foreign  languages  too.  Let 
such  children  acquire  a  common  school  education  and  no  more. 

"No  fear,  however,  may  be  entertained  that  any  language  will 
supplant  the  English.  All  natives,  or  those  who  arrive  there  young, 
take  to  the  English,  and  prefer  to  express  their  thoughts  in  that  lan- 
guage, and  amongst  these  there  may  not  be  a  few  who  disdain  to 
acknowledge  any  other  language,  thinking  it  even  a  disgrace  if  one 
is  enabled  to  express  himself  in  any  other  language  than  English. 
Upon  this  class  my  advice  shall  not  be  wasted,  for  ignorance,  dis- 
guised thus,  does  not  create  sympathy  in  ma 

NATURALIZED    CITIZENS. 

"With*  this  there  may  be  connected  another  idea  prevailing 
amongst  the  foreign-born  citizens,  which  ought  not  to  be  encouraged. 
For  instance,  why  should  an  Irishman  or  German  vote  for  a  candi- 
date of  his  own  nationality  in  preference  to  an  American  or  another 
nationality?  And  why  should  an  American  be  opposed  to  a  foreign 
born  citizen,  upon  the  ground  alone  that  he  is  a  foreigner?  If  all 
are  termed  'American  citizens,'  it  appears  that  they  ought  to  enjoy 
their  citizenship  on  more  equal  ground  or  terms.  Let  HONESTY, 
LOYALTV  and  QUALIFICATION  alone  be  the  virtue  and  guide  by  which 
you  elect  your  officers,  and  you  will  be  better  represented.  And 
this  refers  to  both  the  great  political  parties.  By  all  means  vote 
for  your  American,  Irishman,  German,  or  whatever  the  candidate 
may  be,  providing  he  combines  the  three  qualifications.  If  one  or 
the  other  is  superior,  make  the  best  choice  and  do  not  let  your  little 
feelings  about  nationality  and  religion  coerce  your  better  sense  to 


100  RESUSCITATED. 

carry  out  what  will  always  injure  the  country  in  the  end,  and  fre- 
quently steal  money  out  of  your  own  pocket,  if  you  happen  to  be  a 
taxpayer.  If  the  man  is  honorable,  he  may  belong  to  any  foreign 
nation  by  birth,  and  yet  be  a  suitable  candidate  for  one  or  the  other 
party.  There  may  not  be  a  few  localities  in  the  United  States 
where  even  a  negro  may  be  preferred  to  that  of  a  white  man,  pro- 
viding he  is  elected  upon  the  principle  set  up  as  a  guide.  And  why 
should  he  not,  since  you  permitted  him  citizenship? 

"There  is  one  class  amongst  you  who,  in  the  larger  cities,  repre- 
sent a  large  amount  of  taxable  property,  and  yet  very  few  of  them, 
from  the  various  nationalities  to  which  they  originally  belonged, 
have  held  any  public  offices,  thus  far,  in  the  United  States,  and 
this,  it  seems,  is  more  attributable  to  religious  grounds  than  any 
other.  No  such  narrow-minded  views  must  be  entertained  in  a 
great  republic,  whose  children  must,  or  should,  forever  stand  on 
equal  ground,  as  long  as  the  religion  is  tolerated,  or  not  in  conflict 
with  civilization  and  the  laws  of  the  country.  As,  however,  these 
people  represent  the  foundation  of  the  majority  of  the  American 
people  relating  to  religion,  there  cannot  be  any  rational  excuse  made, 
unless  it  is  desired  to  tumble  down  the  old  and  the  new,  the  Jewish 
and  Christian  faith,  at  once. 

I  refer  now  to  the  Hebrews,  who  have  held  back  seats,  thus  far, 
amongst  you,  politically,  although,  as  far  as  qualification  and  intel- 
ligence is  concerned,  may  be  preferred  to  other  classes  who  fre- 
quently hold  very  fat  offices  in  almost  every  city  and  town  of  the 
United  States.  A  great  republic  like  the  United  States,  which 
boasts  of  religious  toleration,  and  offering  an  asylum  to  all  who  feel 
themselves  oppressed,  ought  to  carry  out  what  is  said  and  meant. 
One  thing  must  be  added,  and  that  is,  in  no  case  should  the  belief 
in  a  Supreme  Being  be  ignored,  for  whoever  may  doubt  that,  some 
apparent  honesty  must  be  lacking.  Remember,  there  must  always 
be  a  God,  and  One  who  rules  over  you.  If  a  candidate  is  deficient 
in  that,  he  will  be  deficient  in  responsibility  also,  and  cannot  be 
trusted  to  hold  a  high  or  low  office.  The  man  who  acknowledges  no 
hereafter,  no  soul,  nor  Deity,  should  never  have  the  confidence  of 
the  people  to  represent  them,  or  rule  over  them,  although  the  law  of 
the  land  may  sanction  it,  or  cannot  prevent  it. 

GENERAL   INTELLIGENCE. 

"As  the  preceding  view  upon  American  citizens  and  office-holders 
has  some  connection  with  the  general  intelligence  of  a  nation,  a  few 
words  regarding  it  may  not  be  out  of  place.  As  far  as  religion  is 
concerned,  it  has  been  observed  that  the  education  of  the  people 
plays  a  very  important  part.  It  makes  the  person  more  tolerant, 
and  his  ideas  become  expanded,  or  broader  views  are  taken.  The 
educated  Hebrew  does  not  underrate  the  moral  standing  of  a  Chris- 
tian because  Jesus  Christ  is  at  the  head  of  the  Christian  religion  as 
its  founder.  The  Catholic  does  not  condemn  the  Protestant  and 


IN   PRESENCE  OP   LUCIFBB.  101 

Jew  because  they  believe  somewhat  differently  from  him,  and  he  has 
in  youth  been  taught  that  his  church  is  the  only  true  one,  and  whose 
people  enter  heaven.  The  Protestant,  also,  will  acknowledge  that 
religion  lies  principally  in  carrying  out  the  doctrines,  and  not  in  the 
profession.  The  views  we  have  here,  you  have  learned  and  seen  ap- 
plied ;  they  bear  a  resemblance  to  your  office-holders.  All  are  ac- 
ceptable if  they  reach  the  moral  gauge  by  which  we  measure  your 
souls. 

"The  reason  the  people  show  their  prejudice  is  because  they  have 
not  reached  a  higher  standard  of  intelligence,  which  mentally  em- 
powers them  to  judge  more  impartially.  From  this  may  be  gleaned, 
that  on  an  average,  education  is  still  neglected  in  the  United  States, 
or  the  whole  of  the  so-called  America,  and  even  Europe  combined. 
There  is  too  much  superficial  knowledge,  founded  upon  hearsay,  or 
what  a  person  acquires  by  reading  newspapers — he  has  not  acquired 
sufficient  knowledge  to  investigate  for  himself  as  to  its  truth.  You 
may  train  yourself,  or  others  may  assist  you  in  doing  it,  to  sing  a 
song  quite  well,  if  you  possess  a  fine  voice,  without  having  acquired 
the  knowledge  of  reading  music,  or  comprehending  its  notes,  but 
the  true  art  is  to  study  the  music  and  judge  for  yourself.  One  offers 
you  self  reliance,  or  to  stand  alone;  but  in  the  other,  you  must 
always  lean  or  rely  upon  some  one  else  who  has  acquired  the  learn- 
ing. This  sort  of  knowledge  is  wanted  more  and  more  in  the  United 
States,  and  all  over  the  so-called  civilized  world. 

"At  present,  the  great  lever  is  the  press,  or,  in  other  words,  the 
newspapers,  and  in  the  number  issued  every  day  in  your  country,  no 
nation  can  equal  you  at  present.  It  must  be  apparent,  however,  if  the 
reader  has  not  acquired  knowledge,  receiving  his  information  princi- 
pally by  the  aid  of  newspapers  alone,  that  the  information  thus  ac- 
quired must  be  liable  to  frequent  errors,  and  not  a  few  deceptions. 
It  behooves  your  people,  therefore,  to  sustain  and  encourage  the 
truthful  press,  and  not  those  who  exaggerate  and  word-paint  in  false 
colors  for  a  consideration. 

"The  press,  at  the  present  time,  wields  a  mighty  power  in  the  civ- 
ilized world,  and  to  a  very  great  extent  molds  the  minds  of  the  peo- 
ple, not  only  politically,  but  morally,  and  in  every  day  life.  There- 
fore, a  viciously  inclined  newspaper  can  cause  a  great  deal  of  mis- 
chief amongst  the  class  who  are,  by  their  inferior  education  and  lack 
of  experience,  unable  to  judge  for  themselves. 

SUPERVISION    OVER    PRINTED    MATTER. 

"  As  I  have  previously  remarked,  there  must  be  some  supervision 
by  the  government  over  printedm  atter  issued  in  your  country,  or 
finding  its  way  there  by  water  or  land  from  foreign  countries.  If 
reading  matter  is  thought  injurious  to  the  people,  and  particularly 
the  youths  of  both  sexes,  it  ought-to  be  condemned  as  poisonous  mate- 
rial to  the  mind.  If  a  candidate,  in  one  of  his  political  speeches, 
has  lost  his  senses  by  anger,  or  has  his  brain  partially  stolen  away 


102  RESUSCITATED. 

by  King  Alcohol,  uttering  language  against  his  opponent  that  offends 
the  ears  of  respectable  people,  such  speeches  ought  to  be  prohibited 
to  appear  in  public  print.  Such  reading  has  not  a  tendency  to  im- 
prove the  character  of  one  or  the  other,  but  it  will  gravitate  towards  a 
lower  morality. 

"  There  is  too  much  foul  social  matter  finding  its  way  into  public 
newspapers,  gathered  up  by  your  '  live  reporters,'  as  you  call  some  of 
them.  These  fellows  appear  to  be  to  the  press  or  work  for  the  press, 
like  the  rag-pickers  who  enter  every  dirty  nook,  corner  and  alley 
of  a  large  city  to  find  material.  The  gatherer  of  rags  at  least 
causes  some  good,  for  all  his  material  undergoes  a  purifying  process 
and  becomes  a  product  of  general  use  to  everybody,  while  the  im- 
moral slum  gathered  by  the  'live  reporter'  causes  only,  if  read,  a 
contemptible  gratification  to  some  people  already  low  enough  in  the 
moral  standard,  and  to  the  better  class  such  reading  cannot  cause  any 
improvement  or  elevation.  To  a  certain  extent,  to  this  class  of  culti- 
vators in  morality  may  be  added  some  of  the  editors  of  the  opposed 
candidate.  About  the  time  one  of  your  candidates  runs  the  gauntlet 
for  an  office,  the  batteries  of  misrepresentation  are  touched  off  against 
him  by  the  organ  of  the  opposing  party  or  candidate.  Is  it  always 
truth  which  the  man  is  charged  with?  Is  there  really  a  human 
being  in  your  world  who  is  so  good  and  pure  in  everything,  and 
thought  so  by  everybody,  that  nothing  but  praise  is  bestowed  upon 
him  or  her  1  Even  if  Jesus  Christ  was  to  appear  once  more,  he 
would  find  enemies  and  be  morally  crucified  over  again  in  your  world. 

"  If  one  candidate  is  elected  over  the  other  only  because  he  knew 
best  how  to  use  vituperating  language  against  his  opponent,  he  nor 
the  people  have  a  just  cause  to  be  congratulated  in  electing  such  a 
man  to  any  office.  Such  proceeding  will  lower  the  standard  of  in- 
telligence and  morality  of  any  nation.  It  only  gratifies  the  lower 
class,  and  by  this  by  no  means  the  poor  or  lower  in  station  are 
meant,  but  those  who  entertain  such  views  or  are  gratified  and 
pleased  with  the  method  adopted. 

"  Both  by  the  press  and  the  parties  through  their  speakers,  there 
should  be  more  tolerance  and  purity  in  a  political  contest.  Why 
should  the  leaders  of  a  party  not  take  an  interest  to  have  its  mem- 
bers who  carry  on  the  political  campaign  to  use  appropriate  language, 
leaving  out  all  vituperations  and  personal  attacks  upon  the  charac- 
ter of  the  candidate.  With  the  intelligent  this  political  warfare 
generally  has  no  effect,  and  as  people  or  the  populace,  become  better 
educated,  it  must  become  entirely  useless. 

Foreigners  sojourning  with  you,  and  not  sufficiently  versed  in  those 
political  contests,  may  come  to  the  conclusion,  if  they  happen  to 
read  opposing  journals,  that  you  attempt  to  elect  criminals  for  your 
officers.  He  may  also  form  the  same  opinion,  if  he  reads  the  news- 
papers in  his  own  country,  should  he  be  deficient  in  knowing  the, 
methods  you  have  in  the  past  adopted  in  such  contests. 


IN   PRESENCE   OP   LUCIFER.  103 

SUITABLE   VOTING   STATIONS. 

"This,  then,  is  the  last  item  of  a  public  nature  before  you,  and  to 
many  persons  it  may  seem  unimportant.  History,  however,  will 
record  it  differently.  When  a  purer  elevation  has  been  reached  in 
political  affairs,  it  will  be  noted  to  have  been  a  most  crude  state  un- 
der which  your  nation  labored.  This,  also,  you  may  in  the  future 
say  regarding  the  style  in  which  your  ballots  are  deposited,  and 
what  makeshifts  you  have  in  the  places  adopted.  It  is  high  time 
that  your  intelligent  females  step  in  and  have  a  word  to  say  in  re- 
gard to  the  nation's  welfare,  and  then  more  taste  will  be  exhibited 
in  choosing  places  better  fitted  and  furnished  for  such  purposes.  The 
fact,  the  places  where  the  balloting  takes  place  ought  to  be  more 
united  or  central,  and  fitted  up  for  the  occasion.  It  is  certainly 
of  just  as  much  importance  to  have  a  fitting  place  to  vote  upon  mat- 
ters concerning  the  nation,  as  it  is  to  have  a  hall  in  which  to  drill 
your  soldiers,  or  a  meeting  place  for  a  society.  As  a  man  is  im- 
pressed in  church,  or  at  the  meeting  of  some  secret  organization,  so 
the  voter  would  be  when  the  surroundings  corresponded,  making  the 
duty  performed  more  important  and  impressive.  There  is  room  for 
advancement  here  in  every  large  and  small  city  of  your  nation.  It 
has  been  observed  many  times  in  the  preceding  history  of  your 
nation  that,  when  the  places  designed  as  voting  stations  or  'polls' 
were  situated  in  close  proximity  where  alcoholic  beverages  were  sold 
that  the  result  in  the  election  frequently  came  out  unexpectedly,  quite 
differently,  placing  men  into  office  unfit  for  the  position  they  were  to 
occupy.  Therefore,  the  building  assigned  for  the  purpose  of  voting 
upon  matters  of  a  public  nature,  should  be  isolated  from  such  localities. 
Your  citizen  must  not  be  only  free  to  vote  as  he  pleases,  but  he 
should  be  a  sober  man  in  every  respect  when  he  is  permitted  to 
exercise  his  franchise. 

"I  find  it  still  of  sufficient  importance  to  add  or  bring  before  you 
a  certain  matter  often  not  quite  understood,  and  in  connection  with 
it  matters  regarding  the  household  and  the  future  occupation  of 
woman. 

SHALL    WOMEN    WORK? 

Your  newspapers  report  through  their  foreign  correspondents,  or 
well-to-do  Americans  traveling  in  the  older  countries,  how  hard  the 
female  has  to  work,  and  that  she  is  compelled  to  do  all  kinds  of 
manual  labor  which  YOUR  LADIES  never  perform.  Particularly 
Germany,  Austria  and  Holland  receive  the  great  sympathy  of  these 
travelers,  and  their  advice  is  the  governments  ought  to  improve  their 
people.  Neither  an  emperor  nor  a  Bismark  can  make  changes  when 
forty-two  million  of  people  occupy  but  two  hundred  and  twelve 
square  miles,  exclusive  of  the  lately  acquired  territory  which  Ger- 
many has  taken.  Probably  if  you  were  to  take  forty -two  millions  of 
your  people  and  set  them  down  into  Germany,  not  a  few  women 
would  have  to  be  occupied  in  useful  pursuits.  Even  those  women 


104  RESUSCITATED. 

who  do  hard  out-door  labor  enjoy  better  health  and  are  happier  than 
many  of  your  factory  girls  in  large  cities.  The  lower  class  of 
females  will  perform  certain  kinds  of  labor  which  in  your  country 
is  expected  from  the  man  alone.  Many  of  these  women  whom  you 
think  oppressed  by  their  husbands  because  they  perform  certain 
kinds  of  labor  which  their  husband  does  not,  yet  carry  the  treasury  of 
the  family.  The  man  knows  full  well  the  money  is  safer  with  his 
wife,  and  she  in  most  cases  takes  care  of  it.  In  your  country  a 
woman  always  depends  upon  her  husband,  and  sometimes  when 
funds  are  required  some  begging  is  necessary  it  is  said.  Now,  does 
not  the  poorer  woman  across  the  water  enjoy  more  independence 
than  yours  in  one  respect  1 

"Your  fine  travelers,  who  put  up  at  first-class  hotels,  ride  in  first- 
class  railroad  cars,  and  in  every  way  take  good  care  to  'steer  clear' 
of  the  lower  class,  have  frequently  much  to  say  about  the  inhuman 
treatment  of  women  in  these  countries.  In  their  travel  through  the 
country  they  notice  a  number  of  women  employed  in  carrying  ma- 
nure on  their  backs,  by  the  aid  of  one  of  those  willow-ware  devices. 
A  stout  young  fellow  does  the  loading,  the  women  the  carrying. 
Fault  is  found  with  the  stout  yoAng  ma,n.  Who  is  he  but  the 
farmer's  son,  and  who  are  the  women  but  common  day  laborers 
hired  for  the  occasion.  When  one  of  your  nabobs  hires  a  woman  to 
scrub  his  floor,  it  is  not  expected  that  he  himself  will  perform  the 
work  or  assist,  because  she  happens  to  be  of  the  weaker  sex,  neither 
could  it  be  expected  that  the  young  fellow  do  the  work  of  these 
women  who  were  hired  for  the  occasion,  and  were  neither  his 
mother,  sisters  or  cousins.  In  most  cases  such  correspondents  never 
come  in  close  contact  with  the  lower  class,  therefore  it  is  impossible 
to  judge  properly.  But  it  must  be  admitted  that  women  know  how 
to  work ;  all  honor  to  them.  If  Bismark  gets  up  a  little  fighting 
scheme,  or  finds  it  necessary  to  defend  the  land,  and  must  call  in 
all  the  available  male  population,  there  will  be  still  workers  in  the 
field,  and  they  will  work  for  their  own  good,  too.  When  your 
country  has  acquired  a  population  like  Germany,  France  or  Holland, 
then  there  may  arise  a  greater  cry  if  women  are  not  employed  in 
coarser  labor. 

"It  is  at  present,  'What  shall  we  do  with  our  girls?'  The 
answer  should 'be,  now  and  in  the  future,  'make  them  work,'  and 
don't  be  particular  if  it  is  honest  and  fair  employment.  It  is  far 
better  for  a  girl  and  the  community,  too,  if  she  is  brought  up  to 
render  service  instead  of  being  a  fine  lady  and  live  in  idleness.  One 
may  become  the  wife  of  an  honest  man,  if  only  a  mechanic  or 
laborer,  and  he  may  find  ways  to  advance  himself  to  wealth.  The 
wife  would  be  a  happy  and  contented  mother,  while  the  other  female 
may  have  passed  her  time  in  houses  where  work  is  not  honored. 
Industry  and  idleness  have  in  both  cases  received  their  reward. 
Take  your  choice  from  it. 

"Your  young  women,  particularly  those  brought  up  in  the  country 
(meaning  the  republic),  have  a  sort  of  dislike  to  menial  labor,  and 


IN    PRESENCE    OF    LUCIFER.  105 

particularly  is  it  obnoxious  when  rendered  to  others  or  when  wages 
are  paid  as  a  domestic.  Can  any  rational  reason  be  given  why  the 
intelligent  young  woman  doing  your  cooking  and  attending  to  your 
household  affairs  shall  occupy  a  lower  standard  in  society  than  the 
shop-girl,  the  one  occupied  in  copying  manuscripts,  or  similar  occu- 
pations assigned  to  women?  Many  of  the  very  best  of  wives  and 
mothers  are  engaged  in  the  same  occupation,  which  forever  are 
necessary  to  any  household.  There  is  far  too  much  fastidiousness 
displayed  by  young  women  which  should  soon  be  changed  to  the 
advantage  of  the  girls.  The  educated  young  woman  remains  still 
the  same  even  when  turned  into  a  servant  girl.  There  are  still 
young  men  left  who  retain  sufficient  good  sense  to  appreciate  certain 
qualities  in  young  women.  They  do  not  think  the  well  born  and 
well  educated  young  woman  or  young  lady,  as  you  term  them,  dis- 
honored because  she  entertains  a  love  for  the  home  and  knows  how 
to  act  as  a  housewife.  Imagine,  now,  such  a  young  man  in  fair 
circumstances  doing  a  profitable  business  and  about  to  take  a  wife ; 
he  is  invited  to  numerous  families  where  there  are  marriageable 
daughters,  amongst  which  there  is  one  particular  family  where  he 
appears  to  be  a  general  favorite..  There  are  three  fine  looking  and 
educated  young  women  fladiest  in  the  family,  and  their  ages 
are  very  close  together.  ^The 'tastes  of  these  young  ladies  differ. 
The  elder  one  has  a  literary  turn  of  mind  ;  writes  for  magazines,  talks 
poetry,  loves  everything  that  your  grandparents  admired,  looks  with 
contempt  upon  the  present  age,  and  cares  nothing  whatever  about 
household  affairs.  The  second  loves  music,  devotes  much  of  her 
time  to  it,  plays  excellently,  and  is  well  'drilled'  in  the  music  of  the 
old  composers,  and  frequently  she  takes  great  delight  in  exhibiting 
her  art  before  the  public,  that  is  the  higher  class,  and  at  parties  and 
meetings  at  the  aristocratic  residences.  She  is  greatly  admired  and 
understands  how  to  dress  for  public  occasions. 

"The  young  man  being  well  acquainted  drops  in  sometimes  unex- 
pectedly, and  frequently  finds  the  musical  female  not  so  acceptable  in 
dress,  in  fact  it  might  be  termed  a  little  lazy,  or  slovenly.  The 
elder  one,  though  dressed  plain  and  neat,  is  never  found  engaged  at 
any  thing  but  books.  The  youngest  one  is  of  ten  in  visible,  but  whenfound 
she  is  always  occupied  in  something  useful  about  the  house,  or 
takes  the  place  of  her  mother,  who  is  somewhat  of  an  invalid.  When 
he  is  invited  to  take  dinner,  she  does  the  honors  at  the  table,  or 
often  represents  her  mother. 

"No  matter  when  he  calls,  when  seen  she  is  always  neatly  dressed 
for  the  house,  and  engaged  in  some  useful  occupation,  or  taking  the 
place  of  her  mother  in  superintending  the  household  duties.  When 
she  is  attired  for  outdoor  amusement,  she  appears  as  well-dressed  as 
her  sisters.  She  is  less  brilliant  in  conversation  than  her  elder 
sister,  and  less  proficient  in  the  art  of  music  than  her  second  sister, 
but  she  has  a  literary  taste  as  well,as  a  taste  for  music.  But  what 
she  most  delights  in  is  home  life — it  is  there  where  she  wants  to 
shine. 


106  RESUSCITATED. 

"Now  this  young  man  made  all  these  observations,  and  he  has 
literary  taste  and  loves  music,  but  he  is  also  somewhat  of  an  epicure 
and  consequently  a  judge  of  good  dinners,  of  which  he  had  often 
enjoyed  when  placed  before  him  under  the  superintendence  of  the 
youngest  daughter.  If  he  now  makes  his  choice,  where  do  you 
think  he  expects  the  greatest  happiness1?  In  other  words,  which  of 
the  three  sisters  would  such  a  man  prefer  as  a  wife?  If  you  have 
not  the  courage  to  answer  yourself,  Mr.  Smith,  I  will  answer  for 
you,  and  it  is,  'the  youngest  one,  of  course,  who  knows  how  to 
represent  the  honors  of  the  house  and  furnish  a  good  dinner,  which 
you  yourself  know  how  to  appreciate.'  This  is  likewise  my  choice, 
although  eating  and  drinking  is  of  no  consequence  to  us,  neverthe- 
less I  understand  human  nature  well,  quite  well.  Bad  dinners  have 
caused  many  divorces  in  your  world  and  will  in  the  future  also,  and  as 
in  the  future  you  are  compelled  to  eat  and  drink  as  well  as  your 
ancestors,  it  is  necessary  to  keep  step  with  the  advancing  age, 
learning  the  daughters  of  your  land  how  to  cook  wholesome  food, 
and  looking  upon  cookery  not  as  a  drudgery,  but  as  a  science  and  art, 
which  it  is  in  fact  when  properly  investigated.  If  the  lady  of  the 
household  does  not  perform  the  actual  work,  she  ought  to  compre- 
hend the  science  of  the  kitchen  sufficiently  not  to  be  at  the  mercy 
of  ignorant  servants,  which  at  present  is  often  the  case. 

"  The  higher  classes  could  aid  a  great  deal  by  setting  examples  as 
in  the  older  countries,  where  queens  frequently  pride  themselves 
in  preparing  preserves,  and  the  finer  work  in  cookery.  Instructions 
ought  to  be  given  in  cookery  in  every  city,  and  in  this  the  wealthy 
could  again  render  great  assistance,  and  not  only  with  money,  but 
by  taking  an  interest  in  such  matters  publicly.  This  refers  princi- 
pally to  the  wives  and  daughters  of  the  wealthy  and  well-to-do 
people.  Only  make  a  thing  fashionable  and  it  will  soon  show  life, 
and  in  setting  a  fashion  it  requires  some  noted  personage  to  take  the 
lead. 

"When  the  time  arrives  and  gas  has  been  sufficiently  lowered  in 
price  in  your  large  cities,  much  aid  will  be  rendered  when  properly 
applied  in  the  kitchen.  It  will  curtail  labor  considerably  with  the 
further  advantage  of  being  much  cleaner  than  when  wood  or  coal  is 
consumed.  Gas  stoves  are  simply  Bunsen  burners  or  copied  after 
the  device  discovered  by  Prof.  Bunsen.  By  the  aid  of  the  flame  of 
one  of  those  stoves  or  burners  one  is  enabled  to  broil  a  beefsteak 
in  a  brief  space  of  time  without  any  previous  preparation,  as  a 
strong  or  weak  flame  can  be  applied  as  desired,  and  the  beefsteak 
can  be  prepared  most  invitingly  without  burning  or  smoking  the 
same.  In  the  kitchen  also  the  water-bath  ought  to  be  used  more,  then 
the  fine  aroma  and  taste  of  the  substance  under  treatment  would  be 
retained,  owing  to  the  inner  vessel  never  coming  to  a  boil,  and 
thereby  having  all  or  most  of  its  fine  flavor  retained.  The  finest 
kind  of  coffee  can  thus  be  prepared  as  thereby  you  retain  the  salt 
and  aroma  of  the  bean  also.  Here  again  the  advantage  shows  itself 


IN  PRESENCE  OF  LUCIFER.  107 

when  gas  is  used,  for  when  the  water  in  the  lower  vessel  has  been 
heated  to  the  boiling  point,  or  212°  F,  the  gas  can  be  turned 
down  to  a  very  small  flame  and  render  as  much  service  as  if  a  large 
flame  were  used,  providing  the  heat  has  been  kept  at  the  mentioned 
degree  of  heat.  The  idea  which  prevails  generally  by  people  em- 
ployed in  kitchens,  that  the  substance  to  be  cooked  can  be  hurried 
up,  is  erroneous,  for  water  cannot  be  heated  above  212  degrees 
under  ordinary  atmospheric  pressure.  By  adding  cooking  salt, 
however,  the  temperture  can  be  raised,  also  when  the  vessel  is  under 
pressure  by  the  confinement  the  of  steam.  Considerable  fuel  could 
therefore  be  saved  and  the  expenses  diminished  if  this  were  better 
known  by  the  ordinary  cook.  This,  however,  cannot  be  applied  to 
baking,  for  then  a  much  greater  heat  is  required,  and  then  it  may 
assist  to  complete  the  labor  much  more  rapidly. 

"You  will  perceive  now,  Mr.  Smith,  that  we  have  even  a  slight 
knowledge  of  the  science  of  the  kitchen,  and  feel  interested  therein. 
If  eating  is  one  of  the  most  important  aids  for  man  to  sustain  life 
why  should  civilized  man  not  learn  to  prepare  his  food  as  best  suits 
his  health  and  palate  3 

"Improvement  must  show  itself  in  every  branch  in  which  man  is 
interested,  and  this  is  a  most  important  one  and  will  remain  so  until 
the  end  of  your  world. 

"But,  sir,  it  is  high  time  to  discontinue  our  conversation  regard- 
ing matters  of  a  public  nature.  A  great  deal  more  could  be  added, 
much  of  it  of  equal  importance  to  what  has  been  suggested,  but  time 
with  us  is  of  great  importance,  particularly  applicable  in  your  case. 

"We  must  return,  instead  of  advancing  some  distance  further,  and 
towards  the  third  sphere.  It  is  too  late,  and  the  matter  is  urgent 
that  you  should  return  to  your  body  below — there  is  a  limit  you 
must  be  aware.  You  are  mourned  as  dead  already,  but  ways  will 
be  found  to  bring  you  to  life,  when  you  have  returned  to  your  body 
below. 

PSYCHIC   FORCE. 

"  Only  one  more  information  and  that  you  have  promised  already. 
I  refer  to  'Psychic  Force."  "Oh!  I  see  that  created  some 
curiosity,"  Lucifer  answered,  "  but  it  would  be  better  if  the  matter 
was  left  to  rest  with  me,  since  it  cannot  cause  any  harm,  while  with 
you  and  your  species  it  may  produce  some  injury.  Some  idiots  may 
look  at  the  force  I  am  to  describe  in  a  different  light,  and  it  may 
cause  them  to  be  guarded  in  an  insane  asylum. 

"Psychic  Force  refers  to  the  spiritual  nature  of  man,  or  the  force 
of  the  soul  while  yet  connected  with  the  body,  and  I  will  point  out 
several  instruments  by  which  you  can  make  tests  to  gratify  your 
curiosity  or  love  of  search  in  such  studies  when  you  are  again  in 
proper  condition,  i.  e.  the  body  can  hold  a  sort  of  communion  with 
you  and  the  soul  that  is  now  before  me. 

"Spiritualists  attribute  this  force  entirely  to   some   spirit   of   a. 


108  RESUSCITATED. 

human  being,  and  have  various  methods  to  hold  such  communions, 
one  of  which  is  by  means  of  a  small  table  before  which  several  sit 
down  and  place  their  hands  upon  it.  After  a  certain  amount  of 
time  has  passed  and  coaxing  been  done  for  some  spirit  to  agitate  the 
table,  it  begins  to  move  or  stand  on  two  legs. 

"It  has  been  proved  that  neither  magnetism  nor  electricity,  gal- 
vanic or  static  has  the  slightest  effect  for  or  against  it.  and  you  may 
insulate  the  table  and  operators  by  nonconductors,  and  the  table 
moves  the  same  if  the  persons  are  suitable  to  each  other.  The  mind 
or  soul  must  show  some  similarity,  some  unity  or  affirnity,  when 
more  than  one  person  sits  down  to  experiment. 

"With  one  of  the  little  instruments  to  be  described,  every  human 
being  of  intelligence  can  make  a  test,  but  it  will  not  move  for  every 
body  alike,  nor  immediately,  but  for  those  who  have  caused  tables  to 
move  it  will  require  but  a  brief  space  of  time  to  set  it  in  motion. 
It  is  only  able  to  acquaint  you  positively  or  negatively — moving 
three  times  signifying  yes,  while  once  or  not  all  means  no. 

"It  also  counts.  If  the  methods  have  been  acquired  a  great  deal 
may  be  asked  without  taking  up  much  time,  and  the  questions  can 
be  carried  out  mentally  equally  as  well  as  in  asking  in  any  language. 
This  applies  to  the  instruments  as  well  as  the  table. 

"The  benefit  you  derive  from  such  a  source  is  no  better  than  you 
receive  from  a  dream.  While  in  the  experiment,  under  discussion, 
you  are  awake,  the  force  yet  must  be  attributed  to  a  similar  state  of 
the  mind  as  a  dream,  in  messmerism  or  experiments  closely  allied  to 
it.  No  human  being  has  thus  far  fathomed  this  peculiar  activity  of 
the  soul  satisfactorily,  not  even  the  highest  in  authority  of  the  sciences 
have  come  near  it  or  gave  it  justice. 

"The  most  of  your  philosophers  ignore  this  force  entirely,  calling 
it  a  delusion  of  the  mind,  but  of  this  error  you  may  in  the  future 
acquaint  yourself,  for  the  instrument  will  move  and  answer  in  its 
way  if  your  mind  is  suitable,  or  if  you  are  what  spiritualists  in  their 
language  call  a  'medium.' 

"The  spiritualist  takes  this  force  to  be  emanating  from  some  de- 
parted soul,  and  if  you  inquire  of  the  force  itself  the  answer  will 
always  be  such,  although  your  mind  or  thought  is  in  opposition  to  it. 
The  answers  may  come  from  the  soul  of  an  infant,  which  was  unable 
when  in  life  to  express  itself  in  language  yet,  or  it  may  issue  from 
the  spirit  of  great  age  when  it  departed  from  the  world  below. 

"If  you  take  pains  and  investigate  deeper,  you  will  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  this  power,  spirit,  or  the  soul  (I  speak  now  as  if 
you  occupied  the  body),  is  not  gifted  any  more  than  the  mind  that 
influences  you  while  in  a  state  of  wakefulness.  What  you  know  is 
acquired  by  the  aid  of  the  senses.  It  cannot  tell  you  positively 
what  hour  it  is,  although  the  town  clock  may  have  its  big  hands 
revolving  about  the  dial  plates  right  above  your  house.  It  cannot 
accurately  inform  you,  if  you  take  your  watch  and  place  it  face 
downward  and  inquire  the  time  of  the  day  or  night.  It  will 


IN    PRESENCE    OP    LUCIFER.  109 

answer,  but  it  is  inaccurate  or  like  guess-work.  If  you  make  in- 
quiries how  many  people  are  next  door,  it  may  immediately  answer 
and  the  answer  may  be  false  or  entirely  incorrect. 

"What  advantage  then  can  such  inquiries  add  to  your  knowl- 
edge? or  what  benefit  is  to  be  derived  by  such  investigations? 

"You  may  gratify  your  curiosity  and  be  puzzled,  but  you  will 
never  be  able  to  use  it  as  a  guide  in  your  intellectual  advancement, 
for  that  must  ever  be  dependent  as  it  should  be,  upon  your  own 
energy  and  brain-force. 

"You  have  learned  here  that  the  souls  are  constantly  engaged 
and  exercised.  And  if  they  were  not  they  would  not  feel  them- 
selves disposed  to  answer  the  silly  and  selfish  questions  mostly  about 
dollars  and  cents,  love,  matrimony  and  divorces.  Nearly  all  ques- 
tions asked  are  of  a  selfish  nature,  in  which  the  spirit  cannot  itself 
find  any  more  interest  when  life  has  departed. 

"Have  these  spirits  ever  aided  mankind  ?  Some  of  your  spiritual- 
ists will  answer,  they  have  frequently.  They  aided  in  inventing 
machines,  composed  poetry  wrote  speeches,  and  did  many  things 
by  using  man,  as  the  teacher  does  when  he  guides  the  child  in  the 
use  of  the  pen  and  pencil.  The  same  you  might  say  about  dreams — 
many  have  become  verified,  but  it  would  be  considered  very  foolish 
if  any  reliance  was  to  be  placed  in  every  dream. 

"No  great  discovery  will  ever  be  made  by  the  assistance  of  this 
force,  call  you  it  soul  or  spirit  force.  The  real  work  for  man  to 
rise  upward,  and  make  himself  acquainted  with  natures  laws,  and 
master  its  forces,  lies  entirely  with  him.  No  outside  assistance  is 
to  be  rendered  by  any  supernatural  means.  Nature  has  its  fixed 
laws  and  the  Deity  designed  them.  There  is  no  alternative.  In  no 
other  way  will  man  find  his  way  to  advancement,  and  here  too  you 
have  witnessed  the  methods  adopted.  I  caution  you,  therefore,  to 
place  no  reliance  in  this  force,  for  which  I  will  now  point  out  more 
delicate  devices  or  instruments  for  experiments,  all  of  which  can  be 
worked  by  one  person  alone,  if  that  person  has  the  requisite  power 
to  cause  it  to  move,  which  is  riot  possible  by  every  person,  and  but 
very  few  on  first  trial,  unless  they  are  impostors. 

PSYCHOGRAPH. 

"  To  make  one  of  those  devices  is  very  simple  and  inexpensive, 
connected  with  little  or  no  money  outlay,  if  self  made.  Procure  a 
small,  planed  board  the  size  of  an  ordinary  book,  and  in  the  center, 
bore  or  drill  a  small  cavity  to  act  as  a  rest.  Then  prepare  an  up- 
right about  six  or  seven  inches  long  or  high,  of  a  size  similar  to 
the  smaller  end  of  a  broomstick.  Break  the  head  off  of  a  small  nail  and 
drive  nearly  all  into  one  end  of  the  stick.  File  the  projecting  end 
round  and  place  in  the  cavity  of  the  board  to  fit.  Now  have  ready 
a  somewhat  smaller  board  and  screw  the  same  to  the  other  end  of 
the  stick.  If  you  set  this  up  it  will  represent  a  small  table. 

"In  order  that  the  table  will  move  in  every  direction,  you  fasten 


110  RESUSCITATED. 

strong  india-rubber  bands  to  the  lower  part  of  the  upright  and  the 
foot  or  lower  board,  and  the  apparatus  is  ready  for  operation.  This 
represents,  of  course,  a  very  crude  instrument,  but  tests  can  be 
made  with  it,  but  it  is  not  over  delicate  to  be  operated  upon. 
When  spiral  springs  are  used  and  better  work  devoted  to  it,  the 
device  becomes  more  delicate  and  better  results  are  obtained. 

"  Another  can  be  constructed  to  be  very  servicable  and  to  be  used 
by  two  persons  if  desirable.  It  is  made  by  taking  a  clock  spring 
and  bending  it  into  the  shape  of  the  letter  U,  and  fastening  the 
lower  part  by  means  of  a  screw  through  a  hole  of  the  spring  to  a 
small  board.  With  this,  if  properly  made,  you  can  give  your  spirit 
answers  by  telegraph  when  you  connect  with  the  wires  of  a  line. 

"All  work  can  be  avoided  by  purchasing  a  small  instrument  kept 
by  all  stationers  and  known  as  a  "clip,"  intended  by  the  aid  of  a 
spring  to  keep  papers  in  proper  places.  In  want  of  that  a  patent 
clothes-pin  can  be  made  to  be  of  some  service  when  fastened  upon  a 
board.  This  device  is  always  ready,  moves  rapidly  by  the  touch  of 
one  finger  and  can  be  carried  in  your  vest  pocket  when  not 
mounted.  This  is  far  the  most  delicate  ever  used  for  such  experi- 
ments, readily  obtained,  costing  but  a  trifle,  easily  carried,  and  can 
be  used  almost  anywhere. 

"By  the  aid  of  liquids  and  gases,  however,  instruments  can  be  con- 
structed, a  thousand  times  more  delicate,  and  if  you  call  in  the  assist- 
ance of  electricity  you  could  record  the  answers  in  Washington, 
London,  Paris,  Berlin,  Vienna,  St.  Petersburg,  or  any  distant  station 
where  telegraphic  communication  is  had.  The  actual  benefit  de- 
riving from  it  to  man,  however,  would  be  nothing  but  curiosity. 
These  experiments,  and  how  carried  out,  must  at  present  rest 
with  me. 

HARNESS    NATURE. 

"  For  your  race  there  is  far  more  important  and  useful  work  to  carry 
out,  as  for  instance,  the  utilization  of  the  sun's  rays  by  concentration 
creating  a  heat  equaled  only  by  electricity  and  the  burning  of  the 
two  gases,  hydrogen  and  oxygen,  or  using  the  heat  in  a  gentler 
form  to  drive  your  steam  engines.  Or  again  utilizing  the  heat  to 
act  upon  thermo-electric  piles  to  produce  heat,  light  and  force  by 
storage. 

"Then  draw  the  electricity  from  the  clouds  and  the  earth,  change 
static  electricity  into  galvanic,  storing  it  up  for  use  as  the  previous. 
Bore  into  the  bowels  of  the  earth  to  procure  heat.  Learn  to  harness 
wave  and  wind  properly  to  perform  part  of  your  labor-  in  fact,  har- 
ness and  bridle  nature  wherever  she  shows  her  forces,  and  do  it  by 
your  intellect  alone.  Why  apply  yourself  to  soul  force  at  all  and  at- 
tempt to  fathom  the  mysteries  connected  with  it1?  Your  surgeons  and 
physiologists  have  not  even  learned  the  function  which  certain  parts 
of  the  human  or  animal  anatomy  plays  while  the  activity  of  life 
remains  in  it.  All  these  mysteries  must  be  solved,  or  ought  to  be 


IN   PRESENCE   OP   LIJCIFER.  Ill 

before  the  higher  attempt  is  made  to  search  for  the  essence  of  the 
animal  known  as  the  soul. 

"That  the  search  in  the  physical  sciences  will  gradually  clear  up  all 
mysteries  you  may  rest  assured,  when  the  proper  time  arrives,  but 
the  soul  of  man  or  the  life  of  the  animal  will  never  be  completely 
cleared  up  in  your  world.  But  there  is  progress — the  next  stage 
will  show  you  more,  but  the  grosser  material  must  be  kept  behind. 
However,  it  must  be  admitted,  by  the  force  described,  some  very 
curious  information  may  be  gained  ;  some  right  in  opposition  to  the 
religious  views  of  a  human  being,  or  as  he  has  been  taught.  If,  then, 
this  force  springs  from  your  own  soul  you  must  have  opposing  forces 
within  you,  or  there  is  another  invisible  power  within  the  human 
being  that  exercises  great  control  over  man  besides  the  soul. 

•'This  force  ignores  Jesus  Christ  as  a  Deity,  but  approves  of  his 
teachings.  It  calls  no  religion  bad  or  good,  but  believes  in  the  actual 
work,  and  in  this  it  coincides  with  us.  It  also  ignores  a  hell,  as 
painted  and  imagined  by  man,  and  in  this  you  have  had  some  proof 
and  have  it  still.  The  advice  it  gives  you  is,  in  almost  all  cases, 
chaste  and  of  a  moral  character.  It  cautions  you  against  all  wrong 
and  desires  you  to  act  righteously.  When  asked  about  wordly  mat- 
ters no  reliance  is  to  be  placed  in  it,  as  stated  previously.  Nothing 
definite  is  answered  regarding  the  future.  It  knows  no  more  than 
any  human  being,  and  yet  it  answers,  being  correct  or  incorrect  as 
it,  per  chance,  may  be  or  coincide.  No  reliance  whatever  can  be 
placed  upon  it ;  nearly  all  predictions  fail.  I  have  named  this  little 
instrument  the  'Psychograph,'  and,  if  used,  it  is  hoped  the  rooms 
will  not  have  to  be  enlarged  in  your  insane  asylums  by  overstudy 
about  the  working  of  the  new  device  by  which  you  are  enabled  to 
communicate  with  spirits,  as  some  people  will  perhaps  have  it." 

THE    SOUL    DISCOVERED. 

"One  of  your  late  scientific  papers  reports  the  discovery  of  the 
soul  of  man  and  animal.  A  German  professor  places  the  soul  before 
the  world  by  the  peculiar  smell  animals  of  every  species  have  with 
man.  If  the  soul  is  to  be  judged  by  this,  it  would  be  somewhat 
unwholesome  to  have  it  condensed.  The  smell  would  outsmell  the 
devils  which  your  priests  painted  in  imagination  several  hundreds 
of  years  ago.  However,  if  the  theory  was  correct  something  of 
benefit  could  be  squeezed  out  of  it,  as  I  will  explain  shortly.  Prof. 

N.,  of ,  Germany,  sets  out  that  the  smell  of  the  animal  is  part 

of  its  soul;  so  he  places  two  hares  into  a  suitable  cage  and  gives  a 
dog  an  opportunity  to  gratify  his  desire  to  sniff  and  chase  the 
animals  for  several  hours  until  they  are  almost  exhausted  or  all  but 
killed.  The  dog's  own  life  is  then  immediately  taken,  the  nose  and 
smelling  organs  separated  and  placed  in  a  volatile  liquid  like 
alcohol  or  ether.  The  smell,  essence,  or  the  soul,  as  the  professor 
will  have  it,  is  thereby  exhausted  and  found  in  the  liquid.  If,  now, 
a  few  drops  be  given  to  a -bull  dog,  or  injected  under  the  skin,  the 


112  RESUSCITATED. 

dog  will  sneak  away  and  act  as  a  coward — has,  in  fact,  turned  hare 
in  temperament  and  disposition.  Even  the  courageous  lion 
was  affected  and  showed  cowardism  in  his  behaviour  when 
charged  with  this  new  liquid.  Now,  all  honor  to  the  search- 
ing professor,  but  the  soul  part  of  the  experiment — and  the 
discovery  of  the  same,  is  just  about  as  far  off  as  it  was  previously, 
but  the  effect  the  liquid  has  may  contain  some  trace  of  truth, 
for  it  is  well  known  now,  that  the  effect  alcohol  has  upon 
man  is  somewhat  different,  depending  upon  the  'purity  of  the 
liquid.  Good  wine  is  said  to  make  the  indulging  person  happy, 
inclined  to  mirth,  music,  song  and  laughter,  while  the  'lightning 
whisky.'  found  in  the  extremes  of  civilization  of  your  country,  has 
an  effect  which  can  only  be  gratified  by  quarrels,  fights  and  murder. 
Is  it  any  wonder,  then,  when  your  savage  Indians  and  half  civilized 
white  men  commit  deeds  that  shock  the  world?  From  this  point, 
then,  some  faith  may  be  placed ;  but  the  soul  part  you  may  openly 
doubt. 

RETALIATION  ON  WIFE  WIIIPPERS. 

"The  application,  however,  of  this  newly  discovered  essence  would 
be  of  no  small  benefit  to  some  people,  for  it  would  have  an  effect 
similar  to  cutting  off  Sampson's  locks,  where  all  of  his  great  strength 
was  hidden.  I  will  explain.  Say  for  instance  your  neighbor  Jones 
over  the  way,  takes  it  into  his  head  that  it  was  about  time  to  stay 
out  all  night  to  have  a  good  time,  or  celebrate  one  of  his  periodical 
sprees,  when  generally  on  his  return  his  wife  is  favored  with  a  beating  and 
any  amount  of  filthy  language.  A  gypsy  sorceress,  similar  to  the 
one  lately  arrested  in  Hungaria  for  helping  to  put  out  of  the  way 
about  three  hundred  good,  but  old  and  useless  husbands,  finds  her 
way  in  the  neighborhood  of  your  town,  and  prepares,  not  poison, 
but  the  more  modern  drug  which  makes  bull-dogs  perfectly  harmless 
and  takes  the  courage  out  of  lions.  Mrs.  Jones  hears  of  the  arrival, 
in  fact,  with  many  other  wives  has  been  waiting  for  the  benefac- 
tress, so  she  is  one  of  the  first  to  supply  herself  with  half  a  dozen 
bottles  of  the  hare  essence.  Jones'  period  of  jubilation  has  arrived, 
and  the  programme  was  carried  out  conscientiously.  Indeed,  at  home 
he  did  more  than  his  duty  or  previously.  In  fact  he  eclipsed 
himself,  but  his  wife  takes  it  meekly  and  patiently  this  time,  which 
somewhat  astonishes  Jones,  but  brute  force  is  never  curbed  thus;  he 
thinks  his  duty  must  be  performed. 

"When  Jones  has  his  great  jollifications  he  generally  rises  late, 
and  then  likes  a  good,  strong  cup  of  coffee.  His  wife  remembered 
all  this,  and  in  the  meantime  had  made  her  preparation  for  the  next 
circus  in  the  house.  She  had  supplied  herself  with  a  very  flexible 
riding  whip,  practicing  during  the  spare  time  on  Jones  spare  clothes 
arranged  or  put  together,  for  she  did  not  desire  that  her  first  ap- 
pearance in  the  circus  ring  with  the  new  animal  to  be  turned  into  a 
a  failure.  Then  all  the  doors  and  windows  were  secured  and  break- 


ttf    PRESENCE   OP   LUCIFER,  113 

fast  put  in  order.  The  coffee  was  pretty  strong  that  morning  and 
more  than  an  ordinary  dose  of  the  new  essence  made  from  hares 
went  into  it.  Jones  appeared  only  lightly  dressed,  to  take  his  coffee, 
which  he  thought  splendid  that  morning  and  gulped  it  down.  His 
wife  kept  her  eyes  steadily  upon  him  and  he  did  not  like  that,  but 
she  continued  to  do  so  which  made  him  very  uneasy,  and  by  and  by 
he  felt  a  sort  of  fear  overcoming  him  which  caused  him  to  think  he 
had  the  ague,  or  that  other  desease,  you  know,  wlfen  they  see  snakes 
and  similar  animals  in  imagination.  Jones  looked  up  again  and 
thaught  his  wife  looked  more  savage  than  he  ever  saw  her  before 
when  he  thought  he  was  doing  his  duty.  He  began  to  fear  her  and 
felt  like  running  away,  and  he  was  actually  impelled  to  run,  and 
then  the  circus  performance  began.  The  dogs  of  war,  in  the  shape 
of  a  riding  whip,  were  let  loose  by  his  former  patient  wife  and  he 
caught  it  from  every  direction.  There  was  no  such  thing  as  courage 
in  him  to  strike  back — not  even  a  flea  would  have  been  killed  by  him 
at  that  time.  He  only  felt  like  running,  but  when  he  tried  the 
doors  of  the  house  they  were  all  securely  locked,  and  when  he  finally 
got  a  window  open  his  courage  failed  him  to  jump  down  two  stories 
on  a  hard  pavement  below,  so  he  took  his  thrashing  as  it  was 
meted  out  to  him. 

"His  wife  belonging  to  an  orthodox  church,  always  paid  her  debts, 
and  this  being  a  debt  of  honor,  she  concluded  not  only  to  pay  the 
capital  but  add  a  very  fair  interest  too,  so  she  only  stopped  the 
circus  performance  with  Jones  when  he  and  she  herself  were  nearly 
used  up,  like  the  poor  hares  in  the  cage. 

"Jones  now  entertains  great  respect  for  his  wife  and  the  periodical 
sprees  have  been  entirely  abandoned,  because,  you  know,  the  thing 
is  too  risky.  Thus  the  discovery  could  be  made  very  useful,  and 
your  gypsy  sorceress  would  be  looked  upon  in  the  light  of  a  fairy 
when  she  makes  her  annual  rounds,  instead  of  being  branded  a 
murdering  old  hag  and  witch,  who  rides  on  broomsticks  and  old 
goats. 

"This  drug  might  play  a  more  important  part  still.  Admit,  for 
instance,  that  'Arabi/  the  leader  of  the  Egyptian  troops,  had  been 
acquainted  with  this  scientific  knowledge,  all  that  would  have  been 
necessary  was  to  charge  the  coffee  or  food  of  the  English-  barbarians 
with  this  new  essence,  and  the  whole  British  army  would  have 
turned  cowards  and,  of  course,  been  ignominiously  whipped.  In 
this  case,  however,  'it  might  have  been  necessary  that  the  Egyptians 
themselves  had  partaken  of  the  jocky-club  essence,  made  up  from 
a  lion,  bull-dog  and  a  mule,  in  order  to  incorporate  sufficient 
courage  and  toughness  to  thrash  those  overbearing  Britishers  well. 

RETURN   AND   MUSICAL   BIRDS. 

Then  Lucifer  rose  up  and  I  reluctantly  followed,  for  what  I 
witnessed  and  had  experienced  pleased  me  so  well  that  I  entertained 
no  desire  whatever  to  return  to  the  world  below  me.  I  thought  by 


114  RESUSCITATED. 

prolonging  the  time  somewhat  it  may  be  too  late  to  reoccupy  my 
body,  but  Lucifer  divined  my  thoughts  as  readily  as  if  spoken  or 
written  in  words.  He  answered:  "It  is  utterly  impossible,  Mr. 
Smith.  The  laws  of  nature  in  your  world,  and  the  laws  here  and 
elsewhere  must  be  obeyed.  Half-breeds  are  not  accepted  here.  You 
must  enter  this  great  reformatory  the  regular  way,  via.  St.  Peter's 
entrance,  and  then  your  account  must  be  passed  in  before  your  arri- 
val, or  in  other  words,  you  must  have  died  in  some  manner.  At 
present  you  have  only  half  finished  your  affairs  below,  and  that  will 
not  answer  the  purpose.  You  must  finish  your  destiny.  You  must 
dance  a  little  longer  on  the  stage  of  life  below,  and  when  the  fiddler 
stops,  it  is  time  for  you  to  stop  also." 

We  were  about  to  go  when  I  heard  a  shrill  and  sharp  sound. 
When  I  looked  in  the  direction  from  whence  the  sound  came,  I  saw 
a  large  bird,  with  white  head  and  wings,  and  the  balance  of  the 
body  coal  black,  hop  towards  an  overhanging  limb  of  the  tree  under 
which  we  sat  or  stood.  Immediately,  little  birds  and  big  birds  of 
all  colors  imaginable,  appeared  and  arranged  themselves  upon  two 
opposite  branches,  facing  each  other,  As  in  an  organ  the  pipesj-un 
in  gradation,  or  the  higher  and  lower  notes,  just  so  were  they  ar- 
ranged there,  and  their  color  blending  was  similar  to  the  prismatic 
colors  of  the  rainbow.  It  was  a  most  curious  and  beautiful  sight, 
to  see  these  birds  and  their  solemn  looking  teacher,  who  had,  be- 
sides the  description  given,  light  yellow  circles  about  his  eyes,  mak- 
ing the  bird  appear  as  if  spectacled.  He  only  wanted  a  baton  to 
look  like  some  IHrigent  or  Musical  Director.  Having  no  instru- 
ment, he  used  his  head  and  claws.  By  a  nod  of  his  head  one  row 
began  a  song  or  piece  of  music,  the  sound  being  more  like  musical 
instruments  than  the  song  of  birds.  When  their  part  was  finished, 
the  next  row  began,  and  then  followed  a  sort  of  chorus,  when  all 
sang  more  animated.  The  first  row  appeared  as  if  they  questioned, 
while  the  second  row  answered,  and  both  being  pleased,  a  sort  of 
thanksgiving  followed. 

This  music  was  different  from  anything  ever  heard  by  a  human 
being,  and  it  was  most  beautiful.  No  words  can  describe  the  music, 
and  only  those  born  and  educated  for  music,  and  acquainted  with 
the  highest  parts  of  the  art,  could  fully  appreciate  it.  I  only  know 
that  the  produced  sound  was  the  most  pleasing  to  which  my  organs 
of  hearing  ever  listened.  Sometimes  it  appeared  to  me  that  the 
whole  address  and  honor  was  to  Lucifer,  for  towards  him  they 
looked,  ignoring  me  entirely.  When  they  stopped,  Lucifer  re- 
marked : 

"A  little  attention  to  you,  Mr.  Smith.  If  time  would  permit  I 
would  give  you  a  little  history  of  these  musicians,  but  it  must  be 
omitted.  But  how  do  you  like  them?" 

"Oh  it  is  beautiful,  splendid,  magnificent,  divine,"  I  remarked 
with  enthusiasm. 

"The  latter  word,  divine,  is  the  correct  one;  it  is  divine  music, 


IN  PRESENCE  OP  LUCIFER.  115 

but  this  is  far  eclipsed  in  the  third  sphere,  here,  and  the  other  side, 
where  we  have  no  control  yet.  We  must  go." 

As  we  started,  the  birds  all  gave  a  rousing  and  short  song,  which 
probably  was  equivalent  to  one  of  our  hurrahs  of  a  political  meet- 
ing, or  as  some  European  bands  call  it,  a  "tusch,"  i.  e.,  when  the 
big  bass  drum  and  biggest  bass  fiddle,  big  and  little  brass  instru- 
ments, all  the  fiddles,  fifes  and  clarionettes,  with  triangles  and  other 
instruments,  are  let  loose  for  a  very  short  time,  to  do  their  best,  or 
worst,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  in  the  great  tumult,  very  suddenly 
cease.  Something  of  that  sort,  but  corresponding  with  the  place, 
the  birds  carried  out,  as  an  homage  to  Lucifer  entirely,  I  think  now, 
although  at  the  time  my  soul  appeared  to  have  been  vain  enough  to 
think  a  share  of  the  honor  was  intended  for  itself. 

We  passed  along  rapidly  towards  the  direction  from  which  we 
came,  but  the  passages  were  different.  He  probably  took  a  shorter 
route,  for  we  soon  arrived  close  to  the  main  office,  into  which,  how- 
ever,, we  did  not  enter,  but  passed  along  until  we  reached  the  pas- 
sage through  which  I  had  entered.  Arriving  nearly  at  the  entrance 
already  described,  he  stopped,  saying: 

"Mr.  Smith,  my  guidance  extends  no  farther.  You  must  now 
find  your  way  back  yourself  and  as  rapidly  as  possible,  and  in  that 
I  will  give  you  my  aid,  or  you  have  gained  it  by  being  with  me. 
Your  duty  to  yourself  and  others  is  to  reoccupy  your  body  in  your 
little  world  below,  and  there  live  quite  a  number  of  years  yet,  ex- 
periencing the  usual  lot  of  man,  some  happiness  with  a  large  quan- 
tity known  as  trouble.  Do  the  best  you  can  in  behalf  of  others 
and  yourself,  and  that  is  all  that  can  be  expected.  As  millions  be- 
fore you,  your  being  (that  is  soul  and  body  combined)  is  not  consti- 
tuted to  enable  the  soul  to  walk  through  that  little  door  St.  Peter 
so  very  seldom  opens.  From  this  you  may  judge  that  we  may  meet 
again,  and  then  to  see  you  put  through  the  regular  course  of  pro- 
gression. First  to  tumble  down  the  ruling  passions  or  else  there 
would  have  to  be  thousands  of  heavens  to  please  you  all,  and  what 
would  constitute  one  man's  heaven  upon  your  world,  would  prove 
only,  if  tested,  to  be  another  one's  hell  here.  Draw,  for  instance,  the 
comparison  from  the  horse  jockey  and  the  distinguished  scientist. 
There  must  be  equalization  by  tearing  down  and  building  up,  and  so 
reconstruct  a  more  perfect  being,  which  had  many  faults  previously. 

•    LIFE    A    PUZZLE — DO    RIGHT. 

"Life  after  all  for  the  human  being  is  but  a  sort  of  dream — often 
like  a  puzzle  to  some  of  your  kind — and  they  ask,  why  they  were 
created  are  in  existence?  Happiness  with  yon  is  often  measured  by 
the  wealth  accumulated,  but  the  wealthy  have  their  glittering  sor- 
rows, and  if  they  are  dissatisfied  and  want  more  millions  are  they 
happy?  Is  not  the  man  who  earns  his  bread  by  the  sweat  of  his 
brow,  who  enjoys  fair  health,  has  faith  in  the  Supreme  Being,  loves 
and  cherishes  his  true  wife  and  both  love  their  fine  and  healthy- 


116  RESUSCITATED. 

looking  children,  far  happier  than  your  millionaire  who  sits  in  a 
finely  furnished  room,  surrounded  with  wealth  and  all  the  modern 
luxuries,  but  troubled  with  disease  which  is  sure  to  kill,  and 
affected  with  the  greater  disease,  how  to  acquire  another  million  of 
dollars? 

"One  dies  comparatively  poor,  but  he  reached  a  high  old  age  and 
trained  his  sons  to  be  men,  and  his  daughters  to  be  good  wives. 
The  rich  man  deprived  himself  of  a  good  share  of  his  life  for  time 
with  him  was  simply  money.  •  He  begrudged  nature  her  rest  and 
its  laws  were  subsequently  inflicted.  The  heirs  spread  the  acquired 
wealth.  Many  shared  in  the  spoils;  there  was  no  love  or  honesty 
amongst  them,  and  envy  ruled  that  the  lawyers,  rather  than  the 
brother  or  sister,  receive  the  benefit.  Now  compare  their  real  hap- 
piness and  the  results  upon  others  being  their  nearest  relatives. 

"To  be  content  is  rich,  and  rich  enough,'  says  a  great  poet.  If 
this  refers  to  wealth  it  carries  a  great  deal  of  truth,  but  if  it  signi- 
fies to  be  content  in  all  things  it  would  set  the  world  walking  like  a 
certain  animal  which  has  its  eyes  forward  but  goes  backward. 

"No,  you  must  not  rest  content  in  all  things  or  no  progression 
would  be  possible.  But  whether  you  act  right  or  wrong,  according 
to  the  laws  of  your  world,  the  real  beginning  of  life  commences  up 
here.  Beyond,  after  preparation,  is  found  joy,  happiness,  peace, 
glory  and  celestial  love,  and  to  all  this  you  acquire  the  ABC  here, 
since  you  will  not  listen  to  the  teachings  of  the  Great  Instructor, 
or  are  unable  by  nature  to  carry  it  out  yourself  thoroughly. 

MAN    A    SLAVE    STILL    TO    HIS    PASSIONS. 

"Man  is  man  still,  his  passions  have  not  changed.  He  is  still  a 
slave.  Once  thousands  did  the  bidding  of  one  man,  doing  work 
that  your  beasts  of  burden  and  steam  engines  carry  out  now.  The 
pyramyids  of  Egypt  were  thus  piled  up,  and  other  great  work  done 
in  the  past  ages.  Now  man  is  a  slave  to  money,  which  is  also  called 
wealth,  when  in  abundance  and  owned  by  one  person. 

"There  was  a  time  when  riches  were  gained  by  force  of  arms,  now 
much  is  gained  by  low  trickery.  One  became  rich  from  those  who 
had  abundance,  the  present  generation  tax  those  who  work,  and 
from  these  draw  their  riches  by  giving  out  false  inducements  how 
to  grow  rich  rapidly  themselves. 

"It  is  useless  to  change  the  matter,  man  must  run  his  course.  His 
passions  rule  him  still  and  will  until  time  has  ceased  to  exist. 
When  all  are  gathered  in,  then  we  may  glory  also,  for  our  work  has 
been  accomplished. 

"Once  more  do  the  best  you  can  in  your  own  behalf  in  an  honest 
and  upright  way,  and  with  all  you  come  in  contact.  Be  a  man, 
play  not  hypocritically,  say  yes,  or  no,  at  once,  and  make  no 
promises  to  any  human  being  unless  you  know  how  to  be  enabled  to  ful- 
fill them.  This  often  causes  great  trouble.  Pay  your  debts,  give 
to  the  needy,  but  encourage  honest  labor  more  than  charity.  Money 


THE  SOUL  RETURNS  TO  THE  BODY.  117 

often  causes  harm  rather  than  good  when  not  thus  applied.  Those  who 
refuse  your  offered  labor  are  not  worth  any  charity.  Let  not 
your  conscience  bother  you  there.  Be  just  to  all,  ignore  neither 
Jew  or  Christian,  black,  white,  or  yellow,  for  you  must  come  in  con- 
tact with  them  again,  and  here  they  are  on  equality  with  you.  In 
whatever  form  your  prayers  are  let  them  be  sincere  when  you  ad- 
dress the  Deity.  Ask  not  for  wealth  nor  pray  that  God  give  you 
fair  weather — it  is  useless.  Pray  that  he  give  you  strength  to  act  right- 
eously, in  fact  confine  yourself  to  spiritual  affairs  in  behalf  of  yourself 
and  family.  What  man  prays  for  is  frequently  that  by  which  he 
would  be  destroyed.  There  is  a  destiny  and  all  must  run  their 
course  from  the  shortest  lived  animalcule  to  the  largest  fixed  stars 
or  suns  in  distant  space. 

RAPID    DESCENT. 

"Take  the  same  route  you  came,  the  progress  you  make  in 
your  descent  will  be  sufficiently  rapid  to  redeem  your 
body.  Now  farewell,  Mr.  Smith.  'Auf  Wiedersehen,'  some  nations 
say,  when  their  people  separate,  and  I  am  quite  positive  this  will 
prove  true — we  will  meet  again."  He  then  shook  hands,  and  I 
thanked  him  sincerely  for  the  attention  he  paid  me,  and  left,  pass- 
ing along  more  rapidly  than  at  my  arrival.  At  the  main  gate,  or 
grand  entrance,  I  passed  in  opposite  direction  to  the  great  stream  of 
departed  souls  constantly  arriving,  and  as  I  descended  the  number 
became  less  and  less  until  finally  I  met  no  more.  I  was  going 
downward  meteor-like  at  a  frightful  velocity — at  a  rate  which  a 
being  of  flesh  and  blood  could  not  carry  out  without  being 
itself  destroyed-  I  came  nearer  the  earth,  which,  from  the  distance 
I  started,  was  entirely  invisible,  and  when  first  seen  appeared  only 
as  a  very  small  star.  It  grew  larger  and  larger  rapidily  as  I  drew 
nearer,  and  soon  after  I  approached  the  locality  I  started  from, 
finally  the  town  I  resided  appeared,  and  far  above,  yet  I  could  see 
my  house  and  look  into  one  of  its  rooms,  where  I  was  laid  out  as  a 
corpse,  surrounded  by  men  and  women,  one  of  whom  was  my  wife. 

THE  SOUL  RETURNS  TO  THE  BODY. 

They  had  taken  me  from  the  bed  of  an  other  room  thinking  me 
dead,  and  it  seemed,  were  about  to  prepare  me  for  the  grave. 

I  came  nearer  and  went  like  a  flash  of  lightning  through  the 
house,  but  unlike  lightning,  meeting  no  resistance,  passing  through 
everything  without  the  slightest  hindrance.  I  entered  the  body 
with  the  same  rapidity  and  fully  took  possession  of  it,  and  then  it 
seemed  I  had  to  rely  upon  my  senses.  The  entrance  to  the  body 
was  effected  by  the  immediate  possession  of  all  its  parts,  the  same 
as  if  a  vessel  was  exhausted  of  its  air,  and  then  suddenly  opened 
the  air  would  rush  in,  I  seemed  to  be  passing  at  once  through  the 
millions  of  pores  of  the  body. 

It  is  difficult  to  describe ;  but  nothing  could  have  been  visible  to 
an  ordinarily  constituted  human  being,  when  I  arrived.  My  hearing 


118  RESUSCITATED. 

was  remarkable,  and  I  could  feel  when  they  touched  me,  but  as  the 
eyes  were  closed,  I  was  deprived  of  sight.  Although  I  could  feel 
the  touch,  and  experienced  some  pain  in  the  position  in  which  I  laid, 
I  yet  had  not  the  slightest  control  over  my  muscles.  The  body  ap- 
peared perfectly  rigid;  not  the  slightest  motion,  or  sign  of  life,  could 
I  give.  A  cloth  covered  my  face,  which  I  felt  was  frequently  raised, 
and  some  weeping  followed,  which,  by  the  sound,  I  recognized  as 
that  of  my  wife.  Presently  there  was  a  loud  rap,  and  I  heard  my 
wife  say,  "Come  in,"  and  shortly  after  "come  in,  gentlemen;  I  am 
very  glad  you  have  come,  Dr.  Lee."  The  latter  introduced  another 
medical  gentleman  to  my  wife  as  Dr.  Simpson,  and  then  the  cloth 
was  raised  again,  and  my  wife  remarked,  "it  appears  to  me  there  is 
more  moisture  in  the  face  than  when  I  last  looked,  which  is  but  a 
very  short  time  ago,  and  there  seems  to  be  more  color,  too;  but  it 
may  only  be  my  imagination.  The  warmth  of  the  body,  you  know, 
has  never  entirely  ceased,  and  this  kept  me  from  having  the  last 
rites  performed,  although  he  has  been  pronounced  dead.  I  fear 
there  is  not  the  slightest  hope,  but  I  want  to  do  my  duty,"  and  then 
followed  some  more  sobbing.  'Well,  we  will  try  what  we  can  do 
yet,  and  you  must  give  us  permission  to  carry  out  an  experiment  now 
frequently  applied  in  such  cases.  Dr.  Rumford  has  paid  a  great  deal 
of  attention  to  electricity,  and  is  in  possession  of  a  large  and  pow- 
erful induction  coil  used  in  his  physical  experiments.  It  is  not  one 
of  those  small  medical  induction  coils,  which  produce,  generally,  only 
mild  currents,  but  is  a  much  larger  one,  intended  principally  for  ex- 
periments in  natural  philosophy.  If  your  husband  is  dead,  there  is 
no  hope;  but  if  any  life  remains,  the  power  of  the  coil  will  show  it 
in  some  manner."  When  I  heard  that  from  Dr.  Lee,  the  greatest 
fear  overcame  me,  for  I  had  some  previous  experience,  knowing 
what  it  was  to  have  such  a  powerful  agent  applied  to  one's  body. 

INDUCTION    COIL ITS    USES. 

The  door  opened  again,  and  Dr.  Rumford  and  several  other  per- 
sons had  arrived.  "Have  you  got  it  doctor,"  I  heard  one  say,  and  the 
reply  was,  "We  have  everything  necessary  here,  gentlemen — battery 
and  coil— and  I  would  advise  you  to  have  no  delay,  but  commence 
at  once;  a  few  seconds  delay,  and  it  may  be  too  late.  As  you  will 
perceive,  gentlemen,  I  use  the  bichromate  of  potash  battery,  of 
which  the  carbons  and  zincs  are  so  arranged  as  to  let  them  down  in 
the  liquid  as  far  as  desired,  by  which  very  weak,  as  well  as  strong 
currents,  can  be  given.  My  advice  is  to  apply  the  current  gradu- 
ally, for  it  frequently  happens  that  in  such  cases  the  feeling  remains, 
but  the  subject  under  experiment  has  not  the  slightest  control  over 
the  body.  It  is  unnecessary  to  inform  you,  gentlemen,  that  thereby 
great  torture  would  be  inflicted  if  we  applied  the  full  current  at 
once.  This  induction  coil  is  so  powerful,  that  when  the  elements  are 
down,  only  one-fourth  the  current  it  produces  would  be  unpleasant 
if  subjected  to  it  for  some  time.  Some  extraordinary  experiments 


INDUCTION    COIL ITS    USES.  119 

can  be  carried  out  with  dead  bodies  when  they  still  retain  warmth, 
and  the  muscles  and  nerves  have  not  become  too  rigid.  As  it  is  a 
painful  sensation  to  receive  a  heavy  shock  without  warning,  provis- 
ion has  been  made  by  insulating  one  of  the  wires,  which  is  fastened 
at  the  terminal  to  a  glass  rod,  which,  if  kept  dry,  is  a  non-conductor 
of  electricity,  which  can  be  handled  with  impunity.  The  method  I 
will  adopt  is  by  fastening  one  terminal  or  wire  connected  with  the 
coil  to  the  subject's  big  toe,  foot,  or  leg,  or,  better  still,  insert  the 
pointed  terminal  under  the  skin,  and  to  the  other  wire  the  glass  rod 
is  fastened,  and  to  the  latter  a  wet,  soft  sponge.  By  the  aid  of  the 
rod  the  sponge  can  be  moved  to  any  desired  locality,  without  any 
danger  to  the  operator.  My  idea  is  to  saturate  a  large  piece  of 
flannel  in  boiling  water,  folding  it  up  several  times,  and  applying  it 
to  the  region  of  the  heart,  and  over  this  the  wet  sponge  is  moved  about 
occasionally.  The  applications  are  repeated  if  necessary.  Mrs. 
Smith,  you  have  boiling  water,  or  nearly  so;  also,  some  flannel; 
please  accommodate  us  at  once,  for  no  delay  must  be  shown  in  this 
case."  So  spoke,  I  think,  Dr.  Rumford.  Then  some  one  wrapped 
something  hard  and  cold  about  one  of  my  big  toes,  and  drawed  it 
pretty  tight,  too,  which  somewhat  pained  me,  but  it  was  all  forgot- 
ten when  I  felt  as  if  being  scalded  near  the  region  of  the  heart. 
They  had  applied  the  hot  flannel.  A  man  called  out,  "Gentlemen, 
are  you  ready]  Please  let  down  the  elements  one-fourth,  Dr.  Lee," 
and  instantly  I  heard  the  buzzing  sound  of  the  machine,  and  felt  the 
smarting  and  tingling,  stretching  and  contracting  of  the  flesh,  nerves 
and  muscles,  extending  from  the  lower  extremities  to  the  region  of 
the  heart.  It  seemed  as  if  a  gentle  and  equal  heat  was  distributed 
all  through  me,  and  although  it  was  then  not  absolutely  painful,  it 
could  not  be  termed  a  very  pleasant  sensation,  in  spite  of  the  heat 
being  agreeable,  which  the  mild  current  produced. 

One  of  the  physicians  suggested  that  the  sponge  be  placed  upon 
the  spot  on  the  head  where  the  hair  had  become  somewhat  thin. 
Dr.  Rumford  replied:  "With  strong  currents  the  experiment  may 
prove  dangerous,  but  as  we  have  but  one-fourth  of  the  force  applied, 
we  may  try ;"  and  he  touched  the  spot,  and  instantly  I  felt  as  if  my 
head  had  grown  as  large  as  a  hogshead,  and  still  growing  larger  and 
about  to  explode,  and  at  the  same  time  the  idea  shot  through  my 
head,  that  if  this  experiment  was  continued  for  any  length  of  time, 
or  the  force  be  used  to  its  fullest  extent,  that  I  must  be  killed  by  it, 
without  being  enabled  to  give  the  slightest  notice  that  life  remained 
in  the  body  under  treatment.  However,  the  sponge  was  shortly 
replaced  over  the  heart,  and  occasionally  moved  about. 

THE    TORTURE. 

Another  burning  sensation,  in  close  proximity  to  the  heart,  fol- 
lowed, when  new  flannel  was  applied,  saturated  in  hot  water,  and 
then  Dr.  Rumford  commanded  half  down.  At  this  the  pain  com- 
menced; it  felt  as  if  red  hot  ants  by  the  millions  had  possession  of 


1 20  RESUSCITATED. 

my  body,  tearing  and  pulling  with  their  pincers,  pieces  of  flesh  from 
the  exterior  and  interior. 

One  of  the  doctors  placed  his  hand  upon  my  body,  and  I  heard 
him  remark:  "There  appears  to  be  more  heat  and  moisture  present 
and  more  color,  too."  Another  one  added:  "But  still  no  signs  of 
life  are  visible;  we  must  work  more  energetically."  The  continued 
pain  inflicted  was  terrible,  and  I  was  in  the  greatest  fear  that  one 
of  the  physicians  would  once  more  become  "ambitious,"  and  suggest 
that  another  application  be  made  to  the  head.  The  only  confidence 
I  had  was  in  Dr.  Rumford,  who  knowing  the  great  force  of  the 
coil,  would  probably  not  assent  to  the  proposition.  But  if  he 
should  be  suddenly  called  away,  the  other  two  would  assuredly  ex- 
periment in  that  way,  and  thereby  end  my  life.  My  love  for  life 
had  then  fully  returned,  and  as  soon  as  the  soul  had  once  more 
taken  possession  of  the  body,  I  wanted  to  live;  but  by  all  the  will 
power  of  the  mind,  not  a  muscle,  nerve  or  joint  of  the  grosser  ma- 
terial or  body  would  move  or  was  under  control.  Greater  force  was 
applied  three-quarters  down,  and  such  a  pain.  The  ants  appeared 
at  a  white  heat,  rolling,  jumping,  tearing,  fighting  and  running  a 
muck  generally  in  the  quivering  flesh.  Another  uncovering  and 
feeling  about.  "Warmer  still;  there  is  hope,  gentlemen,"  said  Dr. 
Rumford.  A  woman  replied,  "Thank  God."  I  knew  it  was  my 
wife,  having  recognized  her  voice.  "More  hot  flannel  and  some 
blankets  too,  Mrs.  Smith,"  and  great  heavens,  the  full  battery  power 
was  applied.  I  now  had  a  vivid  idea  how  that  young  Russian  stu- 
dent must  have  suffered  when  they  subjected  him  to  this  pain,  or 
torture,  in  order  to  force  a  confession  from  him,  and  as  to  who  were 
his  co-criminals  when  the  Czar  Alexander  was  assassinated.  It  is 
indescribable  what  torture  they  inflicted  upon  me.  I  was  almost 
positive  it  would  eventually  kill  me,  if  I  did  not  force  my  muscles 
into  moving.  "This  is  a  powerful  agent,  Dr.  Rumford,"  I  heard 
some  one  say,  "and  this  induction  coil  must  be  a  terrible  weapon  to 
force  confessions  from  a  criminal  or  human  being,  or  to  punish  them 
without  killing."  The  doctor  was  about  to  reply,  in  fact  had  ut- 
tered a  few  words,  when  some  one  gave  a  terrible  yell,  which  was 
followed  by  a  jump  as  if  one  had  jumped  from  a  table,  or  some  ele- 
vated place.  All  laughed  and  tittered,  and  Dr.  Rumford  remarked : 
"Be  careful,  Dr.  Simpson,  the  battery  is  in  full  force."  Dr.  Simp- 
son replied  in  a  tone  as  if  his  feelings  were  hurt,  "  This  is  no  laugh- 
ing matter;  I  got  the  full  charge  of  the*  coil,"  and  I  knew  that 
myself,  as  just  for  an  instant  the  pain  had  ceased,  when  the  current 
was  deflected.  Dr.  Simpson  continued,  saying:  "You  see,  gentle- 
men, my  watch  chain  came  in  contact  with  the  wire  below,  and  as 
I  moved  the  blanket,  I  touched  the  wire  that  held  the  sponge  and 
thus  got  a  full  charge  for  an  instant,  I  feel  all  right  again,  but  my 
impression  is  if  there  was  any  life  in  the  subject  previously,  it  has 
been  tortured  out  of  him  by  our  experiment."  I  heard  a  sigh. 
"Without  overdrawing,  gentlemen,"  Dr.  Simpson  continued,  "the 


BACK    TO    LIFE.  121 

force  we  here  apply  to  this  corpse,  or  apparently  dead  man,  is  suffi- 
ciently powerful  to  cause  the  big  mammoth,  which  the  Academy  of 
Science  in  San  Francisco  acquired  from  Prof.  Ward,  to  take  a  walk 
about  the  room,  should  the  application  be  prolonged  several  hours,  and 
several  shocks  such  as  I  received,  would  already  have  sufficient  effect 
to  resuscitate  the  original  mammoth  they  have  in  Stuttgart,  Ger- 
many, and  subsequently  force  it  to  take  a  waltz  about  the  circus  ring." 
A  suppressed  laugh  followed  this,  and  I  felt  being  touched  here  and 
there,  aud  I  also  felt  that  my  right  eye  was  partially  under  my  con- 
trol again.  I  could  just  move  the  eyelid  a  trifle,  and  some  objects 
became  visible. 

BACK    TO    LIFE. 

"  See  the  eye — see  the  eye  move,"  I  heard  one  of  the  doctors  say,  and 
all  at  .once  the  spell  was  broken,  and  with  a  horrible  yell  and  a  jump 
from  the  table  or  boards  on  which  I  was  placed,  I  came  down  on 
the  floor,  trembling  like  an  animal  or  human  being  subjected  to  the 
greatest  imaginable  fright.  The  big  toe  was  bleeding  and  somewhat 
injured,  for  the  wire  was  fastened  to  it  and  connection  made  with 
the  induction  coil,  which  I  pulled  to  the  floor  in  my  terrible  fright 
to  get  away.  Dr.  Rumford  retained  his  presence  of  mind,  for  he 
ran  to  the  battery  and  drew  the  elements  from  the  liquid.  The 
current  ceased.  The  battery  was  saved,  it  having  considerable  wire 
connected  with  it,  and  the  coil  was  not  injured  in  its  fall,  as  it  fell 
on  a  pair  of  blankets  on  the  floor.  The  women  appeared  to  have 
vanished,  but  as  my  sight  became  more  accustomed  to  the  room,  I 
espied  two  lying  in  a  heap,  one  being  my  wife,  the  other  her  unmar- 
ried sister.  They  had  fainted.  Dr.  Lee,  who,  although  not  fright- 
ened, yet  appeared  very  much  astonished,  soon  recovered  himself 
and  attended  to  the  ladies,  who  shortly  after  showed  signs  of  life. 
Dr.  Simpson  appeared  badly  frightened,  which  may,  to  a  great  ex- 
tent, have  been  due  to  the  fact  that  he  himself  had  sxiffered  from 
the  same  source,  and  Dr.  Rumford  had  his  induction  coil  on  his  arm, 
stroking  it  backward  and  forward,  as  one  does  a  pet  animal.  All 
this  took  place  and  was  impressed  upon  my  mind  after  my  recovery, 
in  far  less  time  than  it  can  be  described,  or  verbally  given,  and 
when  the  other  ladies  who  were  previously  present,  began  to  peep 
through  the  partially  open  door  with  frightened  looks,  and  Dr. 
Rumford  began  to  apply  endearing  names  to  his  dear  induction  coil 
and  torturing  machine,  I  broke  out,  in  spite  of  the  previous  pain 
inflicted  upon  me,  into  uproarious  laughter.  I  could  not  retain  my- 
self. I  was  per  force  impelled  to  give  vent  to  my  pent  up  feelings. 
I  did  not  forget  the  seriousness  of  the  occasion,  or  what  I  went 
through  in  mind  since  I  had  retired  to  bed,  but  the  ludicrous  sight 
I  had  witnessed,  conquered  all  other  feelings  at  the  time. 

But  all  honor  to  the  patient  doctors  and  to  science.  It  is  to 
them  that  I  am  indebted  for  my  life.  It  was  true  what  Lucifer  said 
in  my  dream,  or  whatever  it  was,  it  appearing  to  me  still  as  if  it 


122  RESUSCITATED. 

had  actually  occurred,  it  being,  in  fact,  so  vividly  impressed  upon 
my  mind,  if  not  more  so,  than  anything  that  ever  occurred  in  my 
past  life.  If  it  was  not  reality,  it  was  as  near  as  the  mind  of  man, 
or  his  soul,  can  imagine  or  picture  it.  He  said,  "means  will  be 
found  to  bring  you  to  life,"  and  it  had  to  come  by  the  aid  of  man 
alone  and  his  discoveries;  not  by  spiritual  power,  or  any  other 
source  foreign  to  this  world. 

Nature  seems  to  say,  help  yourself,  man,  and  do  it  by  the  knowl- 
edge you  have  acquired  and  stored  up  for  ages  in  your  books,  where 
all  your  discoveries  are  recorded,  and  applied  when  wanted.  Mus- 
cle and  brain  must  ever  play  the  most  important  part  in  the  progress 
man  will  continue  to  make  in  this  world.  No  outside  assistance 
will  show  itself,  the  Deity  having  designed  that  all  must  be  "cre- 
ated" by  man  himself  in  this  world  which  he  does  not  furnish  him- 
self by  nature.  And  as  science  progresses,  man  will  be  enabled  to 
apply  the  forces  of  nature  more  and  more  to  aid  him  in  his  various 
occupations,  researches  and  amusements,  and  all  this  must  be  ac- 
quired through  his  intellect  or  brain  force. 

I  submit  this  work  to  the  public  for  investigation,  and  the  force 
mentioned  in  the  preceding  pages  it  is  suggested  to  pay  as  little  at- 
tention to  as  possible.  Nothing  of  note,  beneficially,  from  a  mate- 
rial point  of  view,  can  be  gained  by  it.  Morally,  if  the  force  acts 
alike,  some  benefit  might  be  gained,  providing  it  acts  similarly,  but 
as  the  power  rests,  or  is  supposed  to  rest,  with  the  individual  him- 
self, or  herself,  who  makes  the  experiment,  it  must  also  depend  upon 
the  organization,  or  the  moral  disposition  of  the  mind,  soul,  or  what- 
ever the  essence  may  be  which  controls  both  man  and  animal. 

To  those  who  can  investigate  without  prejudice  or  impartiality, 
looking  upon  it  scientifically  only,  the  little  instruments  are  recom- 
mended for  tests,  and  if  it  shows  no  movement  in  one  person,  it 
must  not  be  thought  immovable,  or  the  experiment  a  fraud.  In 
nearly  all  that  man  commences,  he  has  to  act  a  sort  of  apprentice- 
ship, and  those  who  persevere  in  the  act  undertaken,  manage,  mostly, 
to  acquire  the  desired  knowledge,  or  learn  to  manipulate  an  instru- 
ment or  machine,  and  this  must  be  applied  to  this  force  also. 

THE  DEFICIENCIES  OF  THE    WORK. 

It  has  been  suggested  by  a  noted  journalist  that  this  work  ought 
to  be  placed  before  the  public  in  the  "  best  of  English  " — the  fact  is 
admitted,  but  owing  to  a  deficiency  in  intellectual  training  while 
yet  in  youth,  the  subject  cannot  be  related  as  received,  and  the 
assistance  to  reconstruct  sentences  to  make  the  subject  more  read- 
able is  declined,  as  it  is  looked  upon  in  the  same  light  as  "  stealing 
other  people's  brains,"  or  intellectual  capital.  The  work  must,  there- 
fore, stand  upon  its  own  merit  or  bottom,  like  a  tub  upon  the  floor. 

If  criticism  is  to  be  indulged  in  against  the  expression  of  lan- 
guage employed,  the  writer  and  relator  will  not  hide  ostrich-like, 
but  rather  invite  correction,  for  thereby  we  often  acquire  what  we 


THE    DEFICIENCIES    OF    THE    WORK.  123 

need.  Those  who  correct  us,  therefore,  in  a  just  cause  or  matter 
must  rather  be  looked  upon  as  friends — not  enemies.  An  open  and 
straightforward  correction  is  far  more  acceptable  than  praise  or 
flattery.  The  latter  can  cause  incalcuable  injury  to  a  vain  human 
being,  and  if  such  a  person  be  placed  in  power  the  mistakes  would 
exhibit  themselves  in  many  ways,  by  which  those  in  lower  ranks 
would  be  made  to  suffer. 

Further  in  regard  to  this  work  it  would  be  an  act  of  folly  to  make 
an  attempt  to  appear  faultless  before  the  grammarian  and  rhetori- 
cian. If  deficiencies  are  met  they  are  admitted  for  the  reason 
already  stated.  The  fault  must  be  attributed,  as  in  many  cases, 
to  the  necessity  of  being  employed  in  a  workshop  instead  of  paying 
attention  to  the  art  of  expressing  oneself  in  written  or  verbal  lan- 
guage at  a  time  when  usually  such  knowledge  is  impressed  upon  the 
youth's  mind.  Then  the  object  is  not  to  bring  the  related  matter 
before  college  professors  as  a  thesis  or  dissertation  on  the  knowledge 
how  to  express  oneself  most  accurately,  but  it  is  placed  before  the 
average  citizen  for  mental  digestion,  or  as  "substance  for  thought," 
and  if  the  writer  has  been  so  fortunate  to  awaken  views  correspond- 
ing with  what  the  person  read,  he  considers  himself  far  more  for- 
tunate than  having  gained  a  diploma  upon  rhetoric  and  grammar, 
despite  of  entertaining  the  highest  respect  and  regard  for  the 
acquired  knowledge  in  which,  unfortunately,  he  finds  himself 
deficient. 

Since  the  preceeding  has  taken  place  I  have  followed  my  usual 
occupation,  enjoying  very  fair  health.  In  mind  I  often  ask  myself, 
was  the  vision  and  supposed  instruction  a  dream,  or  really  an  oc- 
currence which  spiritually  was  carried  out  or  took  place?  But  the 
answer  cannot  be  correctly  given,  for  I  am  no  more  able  to  solve 
the  mystery,  or  the  cause  thereof,  than  the  public  who  may  see  fit 
to  read  the  matter  which  has  been  published. 

We  all,  however,  may  be  enabled  to  solve  relating  mysteries 
when  a  dissolution  of  body  and  soul  has  taken  place. 

Until  then  and  after,  adieu, 

JONES  BROWN  SMITH. 

Sacramento,  California,  October  3,  1882. 


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